Arnold Heeren

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Arnold Heeren. Engraving by Ludwig Emil Grimm (1826)
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Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren (born October 25, 1760 in Arbergen near Bremen , † March 6, 1842 in Göttingen ) was a German historian .

biography

Arnold Heeren was the son of the Arberg pastor and later Bremen cathedral preacher Heinrich Erhard Heeren . He attended the cathedral school in Bremen and from 1779 studied first Protestant theology , then philosophy and history at the University of Göttingen . From 1784 private lecturer in Göttingen, he undertook a trip to Italy, France and the Netherlands to prepare his edition of Johannes Stobaios . After his return he was appointed associate professor in Göttingen in 1787, full professor of philosophy in 1794, full professor of history in 1801, later court counselor and in 1837 secret councilor of justice. He was a member of the Göttingen Freemason Lodge Augusta for the golden circle .

With his influential work on the history of trade and transport, he broke new ground for the history of the time. With Friedrich August Ukert he founded the compilation History of the European States in 1829 and edited the Göttingen scholarly advertisements from 1833 to 1840 .

Heeren had been married to Wilhelmine Heyne (1779–1861), the daughter of his colleague Christian Gottlob Heyne , since 1796 .

Honors

Publications (selection)

Monographs

  • Ideas about politics, traffic and trade of the most distinguished peoples of the Old World , Göttingen 1793–96, 2 volumes; 5 volumes, 4th edition 1824–26.
  • History of the study of classical literature since the revival of the sciences , 2 parts, Göttingen 1797–1802; new edition 1822.
  • History of the ancient states , Göttingen 1799, 5th edition 1828.
  • History of the European State System , Göttingen 1809, 5th edition 1830.
  • Investigations into the sources of the most excellent ancient historians and geographers , printed in the writings of the Göttinger Societät der Wissenschaften.
  • Attempt to develop the consequences of the Crusades , Göttingen 1808.
  • History of the European State System and its Colonies , Göttingen 1809 ( digitized and full text in the German text archive )
  • Johannes von Müller , Leipzig 1810.
  • Ludwig Timotheus Spittler , Berlin 1812.
  • Christian Gottlob Heyne , Göttingen 1813.

Editions

expenditure

  • Mixed historical writings , 3 volumes, Göttingen 1803–1808.
  • Historical works , 15 volumes, Göttingen 1821–1826.

literature

Web links

Commons : Arnold Heeren  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. a b Beata Mache (Ed.): Impartial universal church newspaper for the clergy and the educated world class of Protestant, Catholic, and Israelite Germany. (PDF; 670 kB) New ed. on behalf of the Duisburg Institute for Linguistic and Social Research and the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute for German-Jewish History. Online publication based on the Frankfurt am Main edition, 1837. Duisburg 2009.