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Died November 16, 1907, Halle, Germany Education Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg Books A History of All Nations from the Earliest Times Similar People Charles McLean Andrews, John Fiske, John Henry Wright | ||
Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg (19 January 1826, Halle – 16 November 1907, Halle), was a German historian and publicist.
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Life
Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg was the eldest son Gustav Ludwig Hertzberg and his wife, the former Friederike Bucholz. He studied theology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. In the fall of 1844 he earned a degree in classics and related topics from the University of Leipzig. In 1851 he earned his habilitation from the University of Halle-Wittenberg in ancient history. Among his professors there had been Gottfried Bernhardy and Heinrich Leo. In 1854 he joined a Masonic Lodge. Hertzberg was a member of the National Liberal Party. By the late 1850s he was working in Berlin.
On his death Hertzberg was survived by his second wife, Auguste Ziebarth, whom he married in 1862. His first wife, Rosalie Carpenter, died in 1859 in child-birth.
Literary activity
Hertzberg wrote primarily on the history of Ancient Greece and Rome as well as on the Byzantine Empire.
He published a German translation of Victor Duruy's "Histoire des Romains" ("Geschichte des romischen Kaiserreichs", etc.) and made contributions to Wilhelm Oncken's "Allgemeine Geschichte in Einzeldarstellungen", to Heeren and Ukert's "Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten" and to Hans Prutz' "Illustrierte Weltgeschichte".