Heinrich Gelzer
Deceased Person
1847 – 1906
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Who was Heinrich Gelzer?
Heinrich Gelzer was a German classical scholar. He wrote also on Armenian mythology. He was the son of the Swiss historian Johann Heinrich Gelzer. He became Professor of Classical Philology and Ancient History at the University of Jena, in 1878. He wrote a still-standard work on Sextus Julius Africanus. He worked out the chronology of Gyges of Lydia, from cuneiform evidence, in an 1875 article.
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- Born
- Jul 1, 1847
Berlin - Also known as
- Heinrich Gelzer-Thurneysen
- Heinrich Karl Guido Gelzer
- Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Jul 11, 1906
Jena
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on July 23, 2013
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