Reinhold Pauli (25 May 1823 in

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– 3 June 1882 in

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) was a German historian of

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Life

He studied at the universities of

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and

, where he received his PhD in 1846. In 1847 he moved to England, where he served as private secretary to Baron von Bunsen, the Prussian ambassador in

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. In 1852–55 he studied history in Edinburgh, Oxford, Cambridge and London. In 1855 he returned to Germany, and successively became a professor of history at the universities of

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Tübingen Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thr ...

Marburg Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximate ...

and

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. In 1866 he left the University of Tübingen because of his political views. He wrot
''The Life of King Alfred''
(1852), ''History of England from the Accession of Henry II to the Death of Henry VII'',This work was the continuation of

Johann Martin Lappenberg Johann Martin Lappenberg (July 30, 1794 – November 28, 1865) was a German diplomat and historian. Biography He was born at Hamburg, where his father, Valentin Anton Lappenberg (1759–1819), held an official position. He attended the Johanneum ...

's ''Geschichte von England'' (2 vols, Hamburg 1834-1837).''Pictures of Old England''
(1861) an
''Simon de Montfort''
(1876).

Influence

John Robert Seeley Sir John Robert Seeley, KCMG (10 September 1834 – 13 January 1895) was an English Liberal historian and political essayist. A founder of British imperial history, he was a prominent advocate for the British Empire, promoting a concept of Grea ...

dedicated his biography of

Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein Heinrich Friedrich Karl Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein (25 October 1757 – 29 June 1831), commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms, which paved the way for the unification of Germany. ...

to Pauli, stating that "Germany may boast of having put the history of every great European state as much within the reach of her public as her own history. Your countrymen can study the affairs of foreign countries not merely in translations, or hasty magazine-articles, but in elaborate works, written in their own language, with full responsibility and independence of judgment, written also by those who understand clearly the wants the public which they write. Among this group of writers you are best known in England, and I shall make my object in writing this best understood by announcing in this dedication that I belong to your school"

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* "Reinhold Pauli" ''German wikipedia'' * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pauli, Reinhold 19th-century German historians Members of the Prussian House of Lords 1823 births 1882 deaths Academic staff of the University of Marburg Academic staff of the University of Tübingen Academic staff of the University of Göttingen Academic staff of the University of Rostock 19th-century German male writers German male non-fiction writers