Bruno Gebhardt

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Bruno Gebhardt (born October 9, 1858 in Krotoschin ( Province of Posen , Kingdom of Prussia), † February 13, 1905 in Berlin ) was a German historian who became known for the handbook of German history that he edited and co-authored .

Life

Bruno Gebhardt, who grew up in a Jewish family, went to school in Krotoschin and studied history and German in Breslau . There he received his doctorate in 1884 with Jakob Caro with the thesis Die Gravamina der Deutschen Nation against the Roman court . Since 1887 he was a teacher at the Städtische Realschule in Berlin, since 1899 with the title of professor. He lived in Berlin-Schöneberg in the house Frobenstrasse 32.

The Handbuch der Deutschen Geschichte published by him first appeared in two volumes in 1891, in the 2nd edition in 1901. After his death, the work was revised and expanded several times, most recently in the 10th edition (since 2001).

In 1903/04 , Gebhardt published the political writings of Wilhelm von Humboldt from 1802 to 1834 in three volumes on behalf of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and was given leave of absence from school service.

Fonts (selection)

  • Gravamina of the German nation against the Roman court . Koebner, Breslau 1884, OCLC 69193695 (also: Dissertation, University of Breslau, 1884).
  • German Imperial Hall. History of the German emperors in biographies. Union-Dt. Verlagsges., Stuttgart 1894.
  • Wilhelm von Humboldt as a statesman , 2 vols., Cotta, Stuttgart 1896–1899.
  • Ed .: Handbook of German History. Union-Dt. Verlagsges., Stuttgart 1891; 2nd edition 1901.
  • Ed .: Wilhelm von Humboldt. Political memoranda. 3 vols. (= Wilhelm von Humboldt's collected writings , vol. 10 = section 2.), Behr, Berlin 1903–1904.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Bruno Gebhardt  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gebhardt, Bruno, Professor . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1903, part 1, p. 460.
personal data
SURNAME Gebhardt, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, founder of the Handbook of German History
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Krotoszyn
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1905
Place of death Berlin