Ottokar Lorenz

Ottokar Lorenz

Ottokar Lorenz (17 September 1832 – 13 May 1904) was an Austrian-German historian and genealogist. He was born in Iglau (now Jihlava, Czech Republic) and died in Jena. He was the father of chemist Richard Lorenz (1863-1929).

He studied philology, history and philosophy in Vienna, where his instructors included Hermann Bonitz, Joseph Aschbach and Albert Jäger. From 1861 to 1885, Lorenz was a professor of history at the University of Vienna, being appointed rector in 1880.[1] Afterwards, he was a professor at the University of Jena.

He was a founder of modern "scientific genealogy". Some of his better written efforts are as follows:

References

  1. Lorenz, Ottokar NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
  2. Arthur William Holland (1910), "Germany: Bibliography of German History", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, OCLC 14782424

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