Karl Wilhelm Boettiger
Karl Wilhelm Böttiger (born August 15, 1790 in Bautzen , † November 26, 1862 in Erlangen ) was a German historian.
He was the son of the philologist and writer Karl August Böttiger (1760-1835). After attending grammar school in Gotha , he first studied theology in Leipzig and then for three years was court master of Count Johann Hilmar Adolph von Schönfeld , the Saxon envoy in Vienna . He then studied history in Göttingen with Arnold Heeren and completed his habilitation in Leipzig in 1817, where he became associate professor in 1819. In 1821 he succeeded Johann Georg Meusel as full professor of history and librarian in Erlangen .
Fonts (selection)
- History of Henry the Lion. 1819
- General history for school and home. 1824. 12th edition 1856
- History of the electoral state and kingdom of Saxony. 2 volumes. 1830-31. 2nd edition 1867–1873
- German history. 1828. 5th edition 1855
- History of Bavaria. 1832.
- History of the German people and country. 2 volumes, 1835. 3rd edition 1845
- World history in biographies. 8 volumes. 1839-44.
- Karl August Boettiger. A biographical sketch of his son . In: Friedrich Christian August Hasse (Ed.): Contemporaries. A biographical magazine for the history of our time . Third row, 6th vol., No. 43 and 44, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1841, pp. 3–102 ( digitized version ).
literature
- Heinrich Theodor Flathe : Karl Wilhelm Böttiger . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 207.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Wilhelm Böttiger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Karl Wilhelm Böttiger in the Internet Archive
- Literature by and about Karl Wilhelm Böttiger in the Saxon Bibliography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Böttiger, Karl Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1790 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bautzen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1862 |
| Place of death | gain |