Wilhelm Junghans (3 May 1834 – 27 January 1865) was a German
historian
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who was a native of
Lüneburg
Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also called ...
.
He studied under
Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl
Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl (6 April 1806 – 9 November 1876) was a German scholar best known for his studies of Plautus.
Biography
Ritschl was born in Großvargula, in present-day Thuringia. His family, in which culture and poverty were hereditar ...
(1806-1876) at the
University of Bonn
The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...
, and with
Georg Waitz (1813-1886) at the
University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...
. In 1862 he was appointed professor at the
University of Kiel
Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...
, a position he held until his death in 1865 at the age of 30. At
Kiel
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Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...
he was also secretary of the
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...
Historical Society.
Junghans is remembered for his 1856 work involving the
Merovingian
The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from the middle of the 5th century until 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gauli ...
kings
Childeric I
Childeric I (; french: Childéric; la, Childericus; reconstructed Frankish: ''*Hildirīk''; – 481 AD) was a Frankish leader in the northern part of imperial Roman Gaul and a member of the Merovingian dynasty, described as a king (Latin ''re ...
and
Clovis I, titled "''Die Geschichte der fränkischen Könige Childerich und Chlodovech, kritisch untersucht''". This book was later translated into French by historian
Gabriel Monod
Gabriel Monod (7 March 1844 – 10 April 1912) was a French historian, the nephew of Adolphe Monod.
Biography
Born in Ingouville, Seine-Maritime, he was educated at Le Havre then went to Paris to complete his education, lodging with the de Pre ...
(1844-1912) and published as "''Histoire critique des règnes de Childerich et de Chlodovech''".
References
Wikisourcetranslated biography @
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Kiel Instructors(brief biography and photo)
1834 births
1865 deaths
People from Lüneburg
University of Kiel faculty
19th-century German historians
19th-century German male writers
German male non-fiction writers
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