Ebers, George Moritz, German Egyptologist, born at Berlin; discovered an important papyrus; was professor successively at Jena and Leipzig; laid aside by ill-health, betook himself to novel-writing as a pastime; was the author of “Aarda, a Romance of Ancient Egypt,” translated by Clara Bell (1837‒1898).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Eberhard, Johann August * Ebert, Karl Egon