Georg Christian Crollius (21 July 1728 – 23 March 1790) was a German historian and librarian.
He was born in
Zweibrücken
Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river.
Name
The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; olde ...
, the son of the gymnasial headmaster Johann Philipp Crollius and Margaretha Gabriela Joannis. Crollius studied in
Halle and
Göttingen
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. He succeeded his father in the management of the
Herzog-Wolfgang-Gymnasium in Zweibrücken, the most renowned school in
Palatinate-Zweibrücken. Duke
Christian IV
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appointed him also to the committee of the library, the present-day
Bibliotheca Bipontina, and to court historiographer. Similar to his father he researched the history of Palatinate-Zweibrücken and of the Rhenish County Palatine. As a member of the Mannheim academy (since 1765) he wrote several essays, which were printed in the series of the academy. The ''Origines Bipontinae'' (1761–1769) might be cited as his main work. Starting in 1779 he contributed also to the ''Editiones Bipontinae''. He died in his home town of
Zweibrücken
Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river.
Name
The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; olde ...
.
Further reading
*
* Becker, Albert: ''Georg Christian Crollius (1728-1790).'' In ''Zeitschrift für Bayerische Landesgeschichte.'' 1. 1928,
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18th-century German historians
German librarians
People from Zweibrücken
1728 births
1790 deaths
German male non-fiction writers