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Barthold Georg Niebuhr was a Danish–German statesman, banker, and historian who became Germany's leading historian of Ancient Rome and a founding father of modern scholarly historiography. By 1810 Niebuhr was inspiring German patriotism in students at the University of Berlin by his analysis of Roman economy and government. Niebuhr was a leader of the Romantic era and symbol of German national spi…
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politics · Danish-German statesman and historian (1776–1831) · historian · politician · diplomat · university teacher · economist · classical scholar · writer · envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary · philologist · beamter · also Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Niebuhr, Barthold Georg, Barthold Georg Freiherr von Niebuhr, Niebuhr
Born 27 August 1776 · Died 2 January 1831 · Q60586
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my early residence in England gave me one important key to Roman history. It is necessary to know civil life by personal observation in order to understand such states as those of antiquity. I never could have understood a number of things in the history of Rome without having observed England.
Career landmark: Historiographer of the Prussian state (1810).
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“my early residence in England gave me one important key to Roman history. It is necessary to know civil life by personal observation in order to understand such states as those of antiquity. I never could have understood a number of things in the history of Rome without having observed England.”
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A medal was commissioned to honour his work
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Died 1831-01-02.
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Was edited after his death (1832) by Johannes Classen
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Resigned the position in Rome and established himself at Bonn, where the remainder of his life was spent, with the exception of some visits to Berlin as councillor of state
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Niebuhr's own attention was diverted from history by the uprising of the German people against Napoleon; he entered the Landwehr and ineffectually sought admission into the regular army
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Career landmark: Historiographer of the Prussian state (1810).
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Retired for a time from public life, accepting the more congenial appointment of royal historiographer and professor at the university of Berlin
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Became a third class corresponding member, living abroad, of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands
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Became chief director of the national bank
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Married Amalie Behrens (1773–1815) and settled at Copenhagen
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Born 1776-08-27.
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