Theodor Hirsch
Appearance
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.
External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Isidore 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.