Paul Fridolin Kehr
Paul Fridolin Kehr was a German historian and archivist.
In 1893 he was appointed professor of history and auxiliary sciences at the University of Marburg, and two years later, procured the same title at the University of Göttingen.
In 1903 he was named director of the Prussian Historical Institute in Rome, and in 1915 became general director of the Prussian State Archives. During the same year, he became chairman of the central directorate of "Monumenta Germaniae Historica", as well as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for German History.Publications
Kehr is best known for documentary research on the Papacy and of German imperial history. He was editor or co-editor of the following:
- Päpstlichen Urkunden und Regesten aus den Jahren 1358-78 - Papal documents and summaries from the years 1358-78.
- Die Urkunden Otto III - The documents of Otto III.
- Regesta Pontificum Romanorum -- documents issued by the papacy relevant to Italian churches
- Germania sacra.
