Georg Christian Crollius

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Georg Christian Crollius (born July 21, 1728 in Zweibrücken ; † March 23, 1790 ibid) was a German historian and librarian .

Life

The son of the Zweibrücker high school rector Johann Philipp Crollius and Margaretha Gabriela Joannis studied in Halle and Göttingen and, like his father, who he followed in 1767 in the management of the Zweibrücker Herzog-Wolfgang-Gymnasium , entered the school service of the Principality of Pfalz-Zweibrücken . Duke Christian IV appointed him head of the library, today's Bibliotheca Bipontina , and court historiographer. Like his father, he researched the history of the Palatinate and the Rhineland Palatinate. As a member of the Electoral Palatinate Academy of Sciences in Mannheim (since 1765), he wrote several essays that were printed in their series. The Origines Bipontinae (1761–1769) may be mentioned as his main work . He also worked on the editions of Greek and Latin classics, the Editiones Bipontinae, published by the Societas Bipontina since 1779 . From 1759 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Works

  • Originum Bipontinarum. Hallanzy, Biponti 1761--1769.
    • Volume 1: In Qua Non Solum Res Bipontinae Medii Aevi Sed Et Alia Scitu Digna Ad Veterem Franciae Rhenanae Westrasiae Et Lothringiae Historiam Pertinentia Suo Ordine Explicantur. 1761. Digitized
    • Volume 2: Historiae Comitum Geminipontis Genealogico Diplomaticae. 1769. Digitized
  • Explained series of the Pfaltzgraven zu Achen or in Lower Lorraine from their arrangement to Henrich von Lach, Pfaltzgraven bey Rhein. With encores and continuation, Hallanzy, Zweybrücken 1762 - 1764.

Encore. Addition to the illustrated series of the Pfalzgraven zu Aachen in Niederlothringen from their order on bit to Pfalzgrav Heinrich von Lach as well as continuation of this series in the history of the Pfalzgraven Heinrichs von Lache and Sigfrieds von Ballenstedt together with a genealogical table of Sigfrieds descent, his wife, sons and Relationship. 1764

  • Commentarius De Cancellariis Et Procancellariis Bipontinis. Lipsiae, Francofurti 1768. Digitized

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Member entry of Georg Christian Croll (Crollius) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on January 21, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Crollius, Georg Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1728
PLACE OF BIRTH Zweibrücken
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1790
Place of death Zweibrücken