Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903 (classical scholar, historian and jurist)
Dates
- Existence: 1817 - 1903
Biography
Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903), historian, was born in Garding in Schleswig in 1817. Mommsen studied jurisprudence at Kiel from 1838 to 1843, finishing his studies with the degree of Doctor of Roman Law. He became a professor of law in 1848 at the University of Leipzig. The next year he obtained a professorship in Roman law the University of Zurich and then spent a couple of years in exile. In 1854 he became a professor of law at the University of Breslau where he met Jakob Bernays. Mommsen became a research professor at the Berlin Academy of Sciences in 1857. He later helped to create and manage the German Archaeological Institute in Rome. He received the Nobel prize for literature in 1902 for his main work Römische Geschichte (Roman History). Mommsen was a delegate to the Prussian House of Representatives from 1863-66 and again from 1873-79, and delegate to the Reichstag from 1881-84.
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Theodor Mommsen: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson, 1891-1894
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.