Bernhard Maier

Bernhard Maier holds a PhD in the comparative study of religions from the University of Bonn. He was Professor of Celtic at the University of Aberdeen (2004-2006) and is currently Professor of Religious Studies and the European History of Religions at the University of Tubingen. He is the author of Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture (1997), The Celts: a history from earliest times to the present (2003), William Robertson Smith: his life, his work and his times (2009), Semitic Studies in...See more

Bernhard Maier holds a PhD in the comparative study of religions from the University of Bonn. He was Professor of Celtic at the University of Aberdeen (2004-2006) and is currently Professor of Religious Studies and the European History of Religions at the University of Tubingen. He is the author of Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture (1997), The Celts: a history from earliest times to the present (2003), William Robertson Smith: his life, his work and his times (2009), Semitic Studies in Victorian Britain: a portrait of William Wright and his world through his letters (2011) and Cross-Channel Oriental Studies in Victorian London: the life and letters of the Rev. Robert Gwynne (forthcoming). See less