Christian Meier (historian)

Christian Meier (born 16 February 1929 in Stolp in Pommern) is a German historian and professor emeritus of ancient history at the University of Munich.

In 1948, Meier passed his Abitur in Hamburg and then studied in Heidelberg history, classical philology and Roman law.

From 1964 he was a Privatdozent in Freiburg, followed by professorships for ancient history in Basel (1966), Cologne (1968), and Bochum (1976).

Meier was from 1980 to 1988 chairman of the Verbandes der Historiker Deutschlands (Association of Historians in Germany), and from 1981 to 1995 curator of the Historisches Kolleg (Historical College) in Munich.

On the subject of spelling reform, Meier, in his role as President of the German Academy for Language and Poetry, expressed himself in a committed and critical manner.