Georg Christian Crollius (21 July 1728 – 23 March 1790) was a German historian and librarian. He was born in

Zweibrücken Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river. Name The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; old ...

, the son of the gymnasial headmaster Johann Philipp Crollius and Margaretha Gabriela Joannis. Crollius studied in

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and

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. He succeeded his father in the management of the Herzog-Wolfgang-Gymnasium in Zweibrücken, the most renowned school in Palatinate-Zweibrücken. Duke Christian IV appointed him also to the committee of the library, the present-day

Bibliotheca Bipontina The Bibliotheca Bipontina is a regional scientific library in Zweibrücken, which has been part of the since 1 September 2004. It is one of the most important libraries in the land. The book stock amounts to about 120,600 volumes , including ...

, and to court historiographer. Similar to his father he researched the history of Palatinate-Zweibrücken and of the Rhenish County Palatine. As a member of the Mannheim academy (since 1765) he wrote several essays, which were printed in the series of the academy. The ''Origines Bipontinae'' (1761–1769) might be cited as his main work. Starting in 1779 he contributed also to the ''Editiones Bipontinae''. He died in his home town of

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