EBEL, HERMANN WILHELM German Celtic scholar, studied at Berlin and Halle, and, after holding other professional posts, became professor of comparative phil ology at Berlin. He died at Misdroy on Aug. 19, 1875. His most important contribution to Celtic philology was his revised edi tion (1871) of Zeuss's Grammatica Celtica. A selection of his papers was published in English as Celtic Studies (edit. Sullivan, 1863).