Georg Alt
Georg Alt (* around 1450 probably in Augsburg ; † July 28, 1510 ) was a translator and historiographer .
Alt studied at the University of Erfurt in 1466 and settled in Nuremberg as a clerk in 1473 . In 1485 he was appointed password writer. His Descriptio Nuremberge and his German-language description of the city have only survived in handwriting. Alt was best known as a translator of Schedel's printed world chronicle and the Norimberga by Conrad Celtis .
His wife Christina died on September 14, 1506.
literature
- Emil Julius Hugo Steffenhagen : Alt, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 355.
- Otto Puchner: Alt, Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , pp. 207 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Franz Machilek: Alt, Georg . In: Michael Diefenbacher , Rudolf Endres (Hrsg.): Stadtlexikon Nürnberg . 2nd, improved edition. W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg 2000, ISBN 3-921590-69-8 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Old, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Translator and historiographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1450 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1510 |