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Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn ( February 9 , 1834 - January 3 , 1912 ) was a German lawyer, author and historian.


BIOGRAPHY


Felix Dahn was born in Hamburg . He was the oldest son of a family of French and German origin. His parents were actors. Dahn began his studies in law and philosophy in Munich. He graduated as Doctor Of Laws in Berlin . After his Habilitation Treatise , Dahn became lecturer of German Law in Munich. In 1863 he became Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Würzburg, in 1872 he received a professorship in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad ) and in 1888 he received a professorship in Breslau (now Wrocław , Poland ). Dahn was also honorary doctor in Medicine and in Philosophy. A month before his 78th birthday, Dahn passed away in Breslau. Dahn was married to Therese von Droste-Hülshoff ( 1845 - 1929 ).


WORKS


  • 1861 - 1911 ''Die Könige der Germanen'' (''Germanic Kings'', 11 parts)

  • 1865 ''Prokopius von Cäsarea. Ein Beitrag zur Historiographie der Völkerwanderung und des sinkenden Römertums'' (''Procopius of Caesarea'')

  • 1875 ''König Roderich'' (''King Roderick'')

  • 1876 ''Ein Kampf um Rom'' (''A fight for Rome'')

  • 1877 ''Die Staatskunst der Frauen'' (''Women's Statecraft'')

  • 1884 ''Die Kreuzfahrer'' (''The Crusaders'')

  • 1880 - 1889 ''Urgeschichte der germanischen und romanischen Völker'' (''Prehistory of the Germanic and Roman Peoples'', four parts)

  • 1882 - 1901 ''Kleine Romane aus der Völkerwanderung'' (''Short Novels of the Migrations'', 13 parts)

  • 1893 ''Julian der Abtrünnige'' (''Julian the Apostate'')

  • 1902 ''Herzog Ernst von Schwaben'' (''Duke Ernst of Swabia'')



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