Hermann Dessau
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1856 – 1931
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Who was Hermann Dessau?
Hermann Dessau was a German ancient historian and epigrapher. He is noted for a key work of textual criticism published in 1889 on the Historia Augusta, which uncovered reasons to believe that this surviving text of ancient Roman imperial history had been written under circumstances very different from those previously believed.
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- Born
- Apr 6, 1856
Frankfurt - Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Apr 12, 1931
Berlin
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on July 23, 2013
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