Franz Christian Boll (17 October 1805,

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– 20 March 1875) was a

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and historian. He was the father of

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Franz Christian Boll Franz Boll (26 February 1849, Neubrandenburg – 19 December 1879, Rome) was a German physiologist and histologist. He was the son of Lutheran theologian Franz Boll (1805–1875). Boll studied medicine in Bonn, Heidelberg and Berlin, and in 18 ...

(1849–1879), and the brother of naturalist

Ernst Boll Ernst Friedrich August Boll (21 September 1817, Neubrandenburg – 20 January 1868) was a German naturalist and historian. He was a brother to historian Franz Boll (1805–1875), with whom he worked on numerous projects. Ernst Boll is remembere ...

(1817–1868), with whom he collaborated throughout his career. He studied theology in

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, Berlin and

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, and in 1835 returned to Neubrandenburg as a pastor and school teacher. In 1866 he became "Praepositus" of the Neubrandenburg Synod. As a historian, Boll dealt largely with the history of the

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region in Germany. This work involved investigations of documented information contained in various towns and churches, including intensive study on the history of Neubrandenburg and the Broda

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. His two-volume work, ''Geschichte der Lande Stargard bis 1470'', was an historical account of Mecklenburg-Stargard prior to the year 1470. Boll also performed

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research in the Mecklenburg region, and with his brother, he collaborated on ''Die Geschichte Mecklenburgs, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Culturgeschichte'', a two-volume treatise involving the history of Mecklenburg, with particular attention given to its

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. Boll was an active member of the ''Neubrandenburger Reformbewegung'', a confederation that was part of the reform movement of 1848. As his career progressed, he became good friends with novelist

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(1810–1874).

Publications

* ''Geschichte des Landes Stargard bis 1470'', two volumes. 1846 * ''Die Geschichte Mecklenburgs, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Culturgeschichte''. 1855–1856, two volumes (primary author Ernst Boll). * ''Chronik der Vorderstadt Neubrandenburg''. 1875 * ''"Freut euch, ihr Mecklenburger!" – Mecklenburg im Jahre 1848''. surviving manuscript, first released in 1998.

References

* * * *Peter Maubach: ''Neubrandenburg – so wie es war''. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1997, , S. 32–34. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boll, Franz 1805 births 1875 deaths People from Neubrandenburg 19th-century German Lutheran clergy People from Mecklenburg-Strelitz 19th-century German historians 19th-century German writers 19th-century German male writers German male non-fiction writers