Georg Franz Burkhard Kloss (31 July 1787

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- 10 February 1854 Frankfurt) was a German

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Biography

Kloss was the son of a

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and studied medicine at

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and

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, where he became one of the cofounders of the

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. He practiced medicine in Frankfurt. He became a book collector, and gathered a fine collection of old manuscripts, purchasing entire libraries of monasteries. Obtaining Masonic degrees, he started collecting books referring to freemasonry. His extensive library of Masonic works is now at

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(Cultureel Maçonniek Centrum 'Prins Frederik').

Works

His works are fundamental histories of freemasonry, and include: * ''Bibliographie der Freimaurerei'' (“Bibliography of Freemasonry,” 1844; another bibliography appeared in 1846) * ''Freimaurerei in ihrer wahren Bedeutung aus den alten und ächten Urkunden'' (“The true significance of freemasonry taken from old and genuine documents,” 2d ed., 1855) * ''Geschichte der Freimaurerei in England, Irland und Schottland'' (“History of Freemasonry in England, Ireland and Scotland,” 1848) * ''Geschichte der Freimaurerei in Frankreich'' (“History of Freemasonry in France,” 1852–53).

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kloss, Georg 1787 births 1854 deaths 19th-century German historians 19th-century German physicians Writers from Frankfurt German Freemasons University of Göttingen alumni Heidelberg University alumni German male non-fiction writers