Ernst Gotthelf Gersdorff (also known as Ernst Gotthelf von Gersdorff or Karl Gotthelf) (2 November 1804 – 5 January 1874) was a German librarian, most notable for his work at the

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. He wrote under the pseudonym Woldemar Egg.

Life

Gersdorf was born in

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, the son of a clergyman. In 1820 he began his studies in Theology and Philosophy. By 1826 he was working at the

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in Dresden. He died in

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Works

* ''Bibliotheca Patrum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum selecta''. Leipzig 1838–1847. * ''Clemens : Recognitiones''. Lipsiae 1838. 254 S. * ''Repertorium der gesammten deutschen Literatur''. Leipzig Bd. 1 (1834) - Bd. 34 (1842). * Fortsetzung: ''Leipziger Repertorium der deutschen und ausländischen Literatur''. Leipzig Bd. 1 (1843) - Bd. 72 (1860). * ''Chronicon terrae Misnensis seu Buchense''. Leipzig 1839. 33 S. * ''Zur Territorialgeschichte des Herzogthums Sachsen-Altenburg''. Leipzig 1854. 47 S. * ''Stadtbuch von Leipzig vom Jahre 1359''. Leipzig 1856. * ''Die Urkundensammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft''. Leipzig 1856. * ''Urkundenbuch des Hochstifts Meissen'', in: ''Codex diplomaticus Saxoniae regiae''. Leipzig 1864- 67. * ''Beitrag zur Geschichte der Universität Leipzig''. Leipzig 1869. 141 S. * ''Urkundenbuch der Stadt Meissen und ihrer Klöster''. Leipzig 1873. 455 S. * ''Codex diplomaticus Saxoniae regiae''. Leipzig 1882 -.

External links

* http://aeb.sbb.spk-berlin.de/archiv6.html * http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~agintern/uni600/ug140.htm 1804 births 1874 deaths German librarians German male writers {{Germany-writer-stub