Otto Christian von Lohenschiold

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Otto Christian von Lohenschiold in a portrait from 1753 in the Tübingen Professorengalerie

Otto Christian von Lohenschiold (born August 20, 1720 in Kiel , † September 4, 1761 in Tübingen ) was Professor of History at the University of Tübingen .

Life

Otto Christian von Lohenschiold was the son of a royal Danish councilor. He received his high school education in Schleswig . From 1739 he studied the philosophical and beautiful sciences, legal scholarship and history at the University of Jena , the latter mainly under the direction of Professor Christian Gottlieb Buder . After completing eight years of university studies, he first accompanied the Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, later a young Count of Degenfeld-Schomberg, and finally two gentlemen v. Röder travels in Germany, France and Italy. With the latter he came to Tübingen in 1749, where he attracted attention due to his extensive literary education and world experience. Since the chair for history was vacant there, Otto Christian von Lohenschiold was appointed full professor of history and extraordinary professor of law in 1750.

He is criticized for treating history more as entertainment and for placing little emphasis on scientific research. He wrote some occasional academic papers and a translation of Giannone's History of Naples. The lectures he gave were:

His wife, whom he married in 1751, was an aunt of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin , Maria Elisabeth, the daughter of Friedrich Jakob Hölderlin , cloister master in Lauffen am Neckar . Lohenschiold died on September 4, 1761 of a raging fever.

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SURNAME Lohenschiold, Otto Christian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German university professor, professor of history at the University of Tübingen
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1720
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH September 4, 1761
Place of death Tübingen