Georg Weitz ( German: Georg Waitz ; October 9, 1813 , Flensburg , Schleswig-Holstein , Denmark - May 24, 1886 , Berlin , Germany ) - German historian, president of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica (1875-1886).
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Biography
In 1832 he entered the University of Kiel , where he studied law and history, then continued his studies at the University of Berlin in the classes of philosophy and evangelical theology. In 1836 he prepared and defended a dissertation under the guidance of the renowned Leopold von Ranke . In the same year he was invited to the post of full professor in Hanover .
Since 1842 - professor in Kiel; at the same time, at the invitation of Professor G. G. Pepper, he joined the Monumenta Germaniae Historica team. After the reorganization of the editorial board in 1875, he headed this publication. Prior to this, in 1849-1875. Professor of the University of Gottingen . He is considered the founder of the so-called “Göttingen historical school”, which set itself the task of developing methods of criticizing the historical source and applying them to the material of medieval history of Germany [6] . Among his many students was, in particular, G. H. Hildebrand [7] .
In 1848 he was elected to the Frankfurt Parliament .
In 1842, he married Clara Schelling, daughter of the philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling .
Major works
- “The History of German Government Institutions” ( Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte , 7 Bde., 1844-1878).
- "In memory of Jacob Grimm ."
- Prepared for publication the classic work of Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, "The Source of German History" ( Quellenkunde der deutschen Geschichte (3.-5. Aufl., 1869-1883)).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Weitz Georg // The Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ed. A. M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1969.
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119059142 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Gerstner G. The Brothers Grimm. M., 1980.S. 259.
- ↑ Chulkov N.P. Hildebrand, German Christian // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
Literature
- Frensdorff F. Waitz, Georg // Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Bd. 40. Leipzig, 1896. S. 602-629.
- The text of the dissertation by Guido Wolke on the formation of a German historical school .