Heinrich Gelzer (1 July 1847, in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitu ...

– 11 July 1906, in

Jena Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a po ...

) was a German classical scholar. He wrote also on

Armenian mythology Armenian mythology originated in ancient Indo-European traditions, specifically Proto-Armenian, and gradually incorporated Hurro- Urartian, Mesopotamian, Iranian, and Greek beliefs and deities."Armenia (Vannic)" by A.H. Sayce, p.793-4; "Arm ...

. He was the son of the Swiss historian

Johann Heinrich Gelzer Johann Heinrich Gelzer (17 October 1813 – 15 August 1889) was a Swiss historian and diplomat who was a native of Schaffhausen. He was the father of philologist Heinrich Gelzer (1847–1906). He studied history and theology at the Universities o ...

(1813–1889). He became Professor of

classical philology Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Class ...

and ancient history at the

University of Jena The University of Jena, officially the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (german: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, abbreviated FSU, shortened form ''Uni Jena''), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. The ...

, in 1878. He wrote a still-standard work on

Sextus Julius Africanus Sextus Julius Africanus (c. 160 – c. 240; Greek: Σέξτος Ἰούλιος ὁ Ἀφρικανός or ὁ Λίβυς) was a Christian traveler and historian of the late second and early third centuries. He is important chiefly because o ...

. He worked out the chronology of

Gyges of Lydia Gyges (, ; Lydian: ;Akkadian: , ; grc, Γύγης, Gugēs; la, Gygēs; reigned c. 680-644 BC) was the founder of the Mermnad dynasty of Lydian kings and the first known king of the Lydian kingdom to have attempted to transform it into a ...

, from

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evidence, in an 1875 article.Walter Burkert (PDF), p. 3
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Works

*''Sextus Julius Africanus und die byzantinische Chronographie'' (three volumes) – Sextus Julius Africanus and the Byzantine chronology. *'' Georgii Cyprii Descriptio orbis romani'' (1890). *''Index lectionum Ienae'' (1892). *''Leontios' von Neapolis Leben des heiligen Johannes des Barmherzigen, Erzbischofs von Alexandrien'' (1893) –

Leontios of Neapolis Leontios ( el, Λεόντιος Νεαπόλεως) was Bishop of Neapolis (Limassol) in Cyprus in the 7th century. He wrote a ''Life'' of John the Merciful, commissioned by the archbishop of Constantia Arcadius; a ''Life'' of Simeon the Holy Fool ...

' life of

John the Merciful John the Merciful ( gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἐλεήμων, Iōannēs ho Eleēmōn), also known as St John the Almsgiver, John the Almoner, John V of Alexandria, John Eleymon, and Johannes Eleemon, was the Chalcedonian Patriarch of Alexandria in ...

, Archbishop of Alexandria. *''Geistliches und Weltliches aus dem türkisch-griechischen Orient'' (1900) – The spiritual and worldly of the Turkish-Greek Orient. *''Ungedruckte und ungenügend veröffentlichte Texte der Nottiae episcopatuum. Ein Beitrag zur byzantinischen Kirchen- und Verwaltungsgeschichte'' (1901) – Unpublished and incomplete texts of the

Notitiae Episcopatuum The ''Notitiae Episcopatuum'' (singular: ''Notitia Episcopatuum'') are official documents that furnish Eastern countries the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a church. In the Roman Church (the -mostly Lat ...

, a contribution to the Byzantine church and administrative history. *''Vom heiligen Berge und aus Makedonien. Reisebilder aus den Athosklöstern und dem Insurrektionsgebiet'' (1904) – From the

Sacred mountains Sacred mountains are central to certain religions, and are usually the subjects of many legends. For many, the most symbolic aspect of a mountain is the peak because it is believed that it is closest to heaven or other religious realms. Many rel ...

and from Macedonia; Travel pictures from the Athos monasteries, etc. *''Scriptores sacri et profani ...'' Bd. 4. ''Des Stephanos von Taron armenische Geschichte'' (1907), translation with August Burckhardt. *''Byzantinische Kulturgeschichte'' (1909) – Byzantine cultural history. *''Patrum nicaenorum nomina'', with Heinrich Hilgenfeld and

Otto Cuntz Otto Cuntz (10 September 1865, Stettin – 1 December 1932, Graz) was a German-Austrian classical historian, who specialized in ancient geography and topography. He studied at the universities of Zurich, Strasbourg and Bonn, where his inst ...

. *''Ausgewählte kleine Schriften'' – Selected smaller writings. *''Der altfranzösische Yderroman'' (1913), as editor –

Old French Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intel ...

Yder romance.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gelzer, Heinrich 1847 births 1906 deaths Writers from Berlin People from the Province of Brandenburg German classical philologists National-Social Association politicians University of Basel alumni University of Göttingen alumni Heidelberg University faculty University of Jena faculty