Georg Weber (10 February 1808 in Bad Bergzabern – 10 August 1888 in

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

) was a German historian. He studied at

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative district Erlangen), and with 116,062 inhab ...

. In 1839, he became a teacher at the upper ''Bürgerschule'' in Heidelberg, and from 1848 to 1872 was its director. Among Weber's historical publications may be mentioned: * ''Geschichtliche Darstellung des Calvinismus im Verhältniss zum Staat in Genf und Frankreich bis zur Aufhebung des Edikts von Nantes'', 1836 – Historical background of

Calvinism Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...

in relationship to the state in Geneva and France up until the repeal of the

Edict of Nantes The Edict of Nantes () was signed in April 1598 by King Henry IV and granted the Calvinist Protestants of France, also known as Huguenots, substantial rights in the nation, which was in essence completely Catholic. In the edict, Henry aimed pr ...

. * ''Weltgeschichte in übersichtlicher Darstellung'' – later translated into English and published a
''Outlines of universal history from the creation of the world to the present time''
(1851). * ''Geschichte des Volkes Israel und der Entstehung des Christenthums'' (History of the people of Israel and the emergence of Christianity, with

Heinrich Julius Holtzmann Heinrich Holtzmann Heinrich Julius Holtzmann (7 May 1832 – 4 August 1910), German Protestant theologian, son of theologian Karl Julius Holtzmann (1804–1877), was born at Karlsruhe, where his father ultimately became prelate and counsellor to t ...

, 1867). * ''Allgemeine Weltgeschichte'' (Basic world history; 15 volumes, 2nd edition 1882–89).Allgemeine Weltgeschichte
HathiTrust Digital Library * ''Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von ihren Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart'' (History of German literature from its beginnings to the present; 11th edition, 1880).

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* 1808 births 1888 deaths People from Bad Bergzabern People from the Palatinate (region) 19th-century German historians 19th-century German male writers German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-historian-stub