Reinhard Wenskus

Reinhard Wenskus
Born	(1916-03-10)10 March 1916 Saugen, East Prussia, Germany
Died	5 July 2002(2002-07-05) (aged 86) Göttingen, Germany
Nationality	German
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Marburg (PhD)
Doctoral advisor	Helmut Beumann
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Medieval History
Institutions	University of Göttingen Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Main interests	Germanic peoples Prussia
Notable works	Stammesbildung und Verfassung (1961)
Notable ideas	Gentilismus Traditionskern
Influenced	Herwig Wolfram

Reinhard Wenskus (10 March 1916 – 5 July 2002) was a German historian who was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Göttingen. His theories on the identity of Germanic peoples have had a major influence on contemporary research by historians of late antiquity.