Gottfried Gabriel Bredow

Gottfried Gabriel Bredow.

Gottfried Gabriel Bredow (14 December 1773 – 5 September 1814) was a German historian.

He was born at Berlin, and became successively professor at the universities of Helmstedt, Frankfurt an der Oder and Breslau. He died at Breslau.[1]

Bredow's principal works are Handbuch der alten Geschichte, Geographie und Chronologie (Eutin, 1799; English trans., London, 1827); Chronik des 17. Jahrhunderts (Altona, 1801); Entwurf der Weltkunde der Alten (Altona, 1816); Weltgeschichte in Tabellen (Altona, 1801; English trans. by J. Bell, London, 1820).[1]

References

  1. 1 2  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bredow, Gottfried Gabriel". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 487.


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