Gustav Hertzberg

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Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg (1826–1907)

Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg (19 January 1826, Halle - 16 November 1907, Halle), was a German historian and publicist.

Life

Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg was the eldest son Gustav Ludwig Hertzberg and his wife, the former Friederike Bucholz. He studied theology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. In the fall of 1844 he earned a degree in classics and related topics from the University of Leipzig. In 1851 he earned his Habiliation from the University of Halle-Wittenberg in ancient history. Among his professor there had been Gottfried Bern Hardy and Heinrich Leo. In 1854 he joined a Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the National Liberal Party. By the late 1850s he was working in Berlin.

On his death Hertzberg was survived by his second wife, Auguste Ziebarth, who he married in 1862. His first wife, Rosalie Carpenter, died in 1859 in child-birth.

literary activity

Hertzberg wrote primarily on the history of Ancient Greece and the Byzantine Empire.

External links

Gustav Hertzberg in the German National Library catalogue
catalogus-professorum-halensis

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 42597096 LCCN: n89625581 ISNI: 0000 0001 0892 2382 GND: 116754982 BNF: cb106416049

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Name	Hertzberg, Gustav
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Date of birth	19 January 1826
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Date of death	16 November 1907
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