Johann Gottlob Böhme (20 March 1717 in

Wurzen Wurzen () is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Mulde, here crossed by two bridges, 25 km east of Leipzig, by rail N.E. of Leipzig on the main line via Riesa to Dresden. It has a cathedral datin ...

– 20 June 1780 in

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

) was a German historian. Beginning in 1736 he studied history at the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...

. In 1747 he acquired his magister degree at Leipzig, where four years later he became an associate professor at the faculty of philosophy. In 1758 he succeeded

Christian Gottlieb Jöcher Christian Gottlieb Jöcher (20 July 1694 – 10 May 1758) was a German academic, librarian and lexicographer. Jöcher was born in Leipzig, and became professor of history at the University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität ...

as professor of history at the university.ADB:Böhme, Johann Gottlob
In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, S. 72 f.Prof. Dr. phil. Johann Gottlob Böhme
Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig On four separate occasions he served as

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

at the University of Leipzig. In 1766 he was appointed councilor and court

historiographer Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians hav ...

for the Electorate of Saxony. In 1875, the thoroughfare ''Böhmestraße'' in

Gohlis Gohlis is an area in the north of the city of Leipzig, Germany. Once a village outside the city, it is known as the place where Friedrich Schiller wrote the first version of his ''Ode to Joy'' in 1785. It urbanised during the '' Gründerzeit'' pe ...

(today part of Leipzig) was named in his honor.

Published works

In 1763–65 he published a highly regarded work on the

Peace of Oliva The Treaty or Peace of Oliva of 23 April (OS)/3 May (NS) 1660Evans (2008), p.55 ( pl, Pokój Oliwski, sv, Freden i Oliva, german: Vertrag von Oliva) was one of the peace treaties ending the Second Northern War (1655-1660).Frost (2000), p.183 ...

(1660), titled ''Acta pacis Oliviensis inedita'' (2 volumes). Other noted written efforts by Böhme include: * ''De commerciorum apud Germanos initiis'', Leipzig (1751). * ''De ortu regiae dignitatis in Polonia recitatio academica'', (1754). * ''De Henrico VIII. Anglorum rege Imperium Romanum post obitum Maximiliani I. adfectante'', Leipzig (1758). * ''Epitome rerum Germanicarum ab anno Chr. 1617 ad an. 1643'', (1760). * ''De nationis Germanicae in curia Romana protectione dissertatio'', (1763). * ''De ordine Draconis instituto a Sigismundo Imp. prolusio'', Leipzig (1764). * ''Carmina latina, vel repetite vel primum edita'', Leipzig (1780).Böhme, Johann Gottlob
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