Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse
Friedrich Karl Hermann (since 1841: von) Kruse (* July 21, 1790 in Oldenburg ; † August 3, 1866 in Gohlis , today in Leipzig ) was a German historian and prehistoric .
Life
Kruse was a son of the historian and educator Christian Kruse , attended the Thomas School from 1803 to 1805 and studied at the University of Leipzig from 1810 , where he received his doctorate in 1813. In 1815 he first became a teacher at the Knights' Academy in Liegnitz , and the following year he moved to the Maria Magdalenen Gymnasium in Breslau , until in 1821 he became professor of ancient and middle history and geography in Halle . In 1828 he followed a call to Dorpat in Estonia as a professor of historical sciences, from where he retired to Germany in 1853.
Awards
- Russian Order of Saint Anne 3rd Class
Works
His research on the geography of old Germany is commendable : Budorgis, or old Silesia before the introduction of the Christian religion (Dresden. 1819) and German antiquities (Halle 1824–29, 3 volumes).
He established his literary reputation primarily through his Hellas, or geographical-antiquarian representation of ancient Greece (Leipzig 1825-27, 3 volumes). He also wrote:
- De Istri ostiis dissertatio historico-geographica. Holaeufer, Breslau 1820.
- Anastasis of the Varangians or rehearsal and announcement of two works on the history of the antiquities of the imperial Russian Baltic Sea governorates Liv, Esth and Curland. Eggers, Reval 1841 ( digitized version ).
- Necrolivonica or antiquities Liv-, Esth-, and Curlands up to the introduction of the Christian religion in the Imperial Russian Baltic Sea Governments. Dorpat 1842 ( digitized version ); 2nd edition under the title Necrolivonica or history and antiquities of Liv, Esth and Curland Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Nortmannian or Varangian-Russian, Franconian, Anglo-Saxon, Anglodanic origin. Dyk, Leipzig 1859 ( digitized version ).
- Russian antiquities. Model, Dorpat / Leipzig 1844–45 ( digitized, 1st report ).
- Ur-history of the Estonian people and the imperial Russian Baltic provinces Liv-, Esth- and Curland (Moscow 1846) ( digitized version )
- Chronicon Nortmannorum, Wariago-Russorum nec non Danorum, Sveonum, Norwegorum inde from a. 277 usque ad a 879. Perthes, Hamburg / Gotha 1851 ( digitized ).
- General biographical-historical festival calendar for educated people and scholars. Overview of the birth and death celebrations as well as the main living conditions of the most outstanding people and the most important events in art, science, politics and the church from the Middle Ages to the present. Fernau, Leipzig 1864; 2nd ext. Edition ibid. 1866; continued u. new ed. by Max Moltke under the title Historisch-Biographisches Gedenkbuch for all days of the year. Overview of the birthdays and days of death, also the main living conditions of outstanding people, as well as the most important facts and events in art, science, politics and church from the beginning of our era to the present. Matthes, Leipzig 1867 ( digitized version ).
- As editor: German antiquities or archive for ancient and middle history, geography and antiquities, especially the Germanic tribes . Halle, 1824-1830.
literature
- August Mutzenbecher : Kruse, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 263 f.
- Ernst Wahle : Studies on the history of prehistoric research. (= Treatises of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. Phil.-hist. Kl., Year 1950, 1st edition). Winter, Heidelberg 1950, pp. 24-33.
- Friedrich Schlette : The beginnings of prehistory and early history research in Halle up to the founding of the Provincial Museum. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 9-27 ( online ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse in the German Digital Library
- Entry on Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kruse, Friedrich Karl Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kruse, Friedrich Karl Hermann von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and prehistorian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1790 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oldenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 1866 |
| Place of death | Gohlis (Leipzig) |