Siegfried Hirsch
Siegfried Hirsch (born November 5, 1816 in Berlin , † September 11, 1860 in Paris ) was a German historian.
Life
Hirsch came from a Jewish family and was the cousin of the historian Theodor Hirsch . He devoted himself to the study of history in Berlin and Königsberg from 1833-36 , encouraged by Leopold von Ranke , and demonstrated his outstanding talent with two award-winning works in Berlin and Göttingen: 1834 on the life and deeds of King Heinrich I and in 1837 on the authenticity of the Korvei chronicle (together with Georg Waitz ).
In 1841 he published a larger work on the life and writings of Sigebert von Gembloux ( De vita et scriptis Sigiberti , Berlin 1841).
In 1842 he completed his habilitation at the University of Berlin and was appointed associate professor here in 1844. His extensive and successful teaching activity, which extended to different periods of history and to constitutional law, as well as his lively contribution to the endeavors of the 1840s and 1850s to uplift and promote church life, for which he was in the press, especially in the Kreuzzeitung , as well as was active in associations, and through which he also came into closer relationships with Friedrich Julius Stahl , prevented him from completing his main work, the story of Heinrich II. , Which only after his death (he died on September 11th 1860 in Paris), edited and supplemented by Rudolf Usinger , Hermann Pabst and Harry Breßlau , appeared in the yearbooks of the German Reich (Berlin and Leipzig 1862–75, 3 vols.).
literature
- Hirsch, Siegfried. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 12: Hirs – Jaco. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-22692-2 , pp. 40-41.
- Georg Waitz: Hirsch, Siegfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, pp. 468-470.
Web links
- Literature by and about Siegfried Hirsch in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirsch, Siegfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1860 |
| Place of death | Paris |