Theodor Hirsch

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Theodor Hirsch (17 December 1806 – 17 February 1881) was a German historian who was a native of Altschottland,

Danzig. He was a cousin to historian Siegfried Hirsch
(1816-1860).

Life and career

Born

archives. In 1865 Hirsch became an associate professor at the University of Greifswald and director of Greifswald University Library
.

Works

In 1858 he published one of his better known works, Danzig's Handels- und Gewerbegeschichte Unter der Herrschaft des Deutschen Ordens (Danzig's Commercial and Industrial History under the Reign of the Teutonic Order). With Ernst Strehlke (1834-1869) and Max Töppen (1822-1893), he edited Scriptores Rerum Prussicarum, a scholarly five-volume work on early Prussian history.

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainIsidore Singer (1901–1906). "Theodor Hirsch". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
  • The Messianic Judaism Wiki biography of Theodor Hirsch.