Friedrich von Hellwald

Friedrich von Hellwald (1842-1892) was an Austrian writer on geography and the history of civilization.

Biography

He was born at Padua. He entered the Austrian Army in 1858, and was lieutenant of cavalry (1866) in the war with Prussia; from 1871 to 1873 at Augsburg, then until 1882 at Cannstatt, he was editor of Das Ausland.

Works

His many works, which are more popular than scientific, include:

• Maximilian I, Kaiser von Mexiko (1869)
• Kulturgeschichte in ihrer natürlichen Entwicklung bis zur Gegenwart (Cultural history and its geographical development up to the present; 4th ed. 1896-98)
• Die Erde und ihre Völker (Earth and its peoples; 4th ed. 1897)
• Naturgeschichte des Menschen (Natural history of the human race; 1883-84)
• Amerika in Wort und Bild (America in words and pictures; 1883-85)
• Frankreich in Wort und Bild (France in words and pictures; 1884-87)
• Hinterindische Länder und Völker. Reisen in den Flußgebieten des Irrawaddy und Mekong; in Birma, Annam, Kambodscha und Siam. Leipzig 1880.
• Die menschliche Familie nach ihrer Entstehung und natürlichen Entwicklung (The human family, it origins and geographical development; 1889)
• Kulturbilder (1894) A posthumous work, edited by Möller.

Notes

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "Hellwald, Friedrich von". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. 

External links

•  "Hellwald, Ferdinand von". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.  An article on his brother, a noted literature historian.