Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse (21 July 1790 – 3 August 1866) was a German

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born in

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. In 1813 he obtained his doctorate from 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 ...

. Beginning in 1816 he taught classes at Maria Magdalena Gymnasium in Breslau, and in 1821 was appointed professor of ancient and medieval history and

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at the

University of Halle Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university in ...

. From 1828 to 1853 he was a professor at the

University of Dorpat The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

Written works

Among his better known writings were ''Budorgis, oder das alte Schlesien vor der Einführung der christlichen Religion'' (Budorgis, or Ancient

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before the Introduction of the

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, 1819) and ''Deutsche Altertümer'' (German Antiquities, 1824–29, three volumes). Other noted works by Kruse include: * ''De Istri ostiis'', 1820 * ''Hellas, oder geographisch-antiquarische Darstellung des alten Griechenland'' (Hellas, or Geographical-Antique Representation of Ancient Greece); 1825–27, three volumes * ''Anastasis der Waräger'', 1841 * ''Nekrolivonika, oder Altertümer von Liv-, Esth- und Kurland'' ("Nekrolivonika", or Antiquities of

Livonia Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...

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and Kurland), 1842 * ''Russische Altertümer'' (Russian Antiquities), 1844–45 * ''Urgeschichte der Ostseeprovinzen'' (Prehistory of the

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Provinces), 1846 * ''Chronicon Nortmannorum'', 1851

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kruse, Friedrich Karl Hermann Academic staff of the University of Tartu Academic staff of the University of Halle People from Oldenburg (city) 1790 births 1866 deaths 19th-century German historians German male non-fiction writers