Friedrich Christian August Hasse
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Friedrich Christian August Hasse (4 January 1773, in Rehfeld – 6 February 1848, in Leipzig) was a German historian. He was the father of pathologist Karl Ewald Hasse (1810–1902).[1]
He studied legal science, philosophy and history at the University of Wittenberg, and from 1798 was an associate professor at the cadet institute in Dresden. In 1803 he was named a professor of morality and history at the institute. From 1828 to 1848 he was a professor of auxiliary sciences of history at the University of Leipzig, where in 1840/41 he served as dean to the faculty of philosophy.[2]
He made important contributions as an editor to Ersch und Gruber’s Encyklopädie and especially to Brockhaus's Conversations-Lexikon. From 1830 he was an editor of the Leipziger Zeitung.[2][3]
Selected works
[edit]- Johann Victor Moreau, 1816 – Biography of Jean Victor Marie Moreau.
- Das Leben Gerhards von Kügelgen, 1824 – The life of Gerhard von Kügelgen.
- Die Geschichte der Lombardei (4 volumes, 1826–28) – The history of Lombardy.
- Gestaltung Europa's seit dem Ende des Mittelalters bis auf die neueste Zeit nach dem Wiener Congresse: Versuch einer historisch-statistischen Entwicklung (4 volumes, 1826–28) – Layout of Europe from the end of the Middle Ages up until the time of the Congress of Vienna.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology: Clu-hys by Joseph Thomas
- ^ a b c Prof. Dr. phil. Friedrich Christian August Hasse Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig
- ^ ADB:Hasse, Friedrich Christian August In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, S. 754.