Heinrich Meibom (4 December 1555 – 20 September 1625),

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

and

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, was born at Barntrup in

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. He held the chair of history and poetry at

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from 1583 until his death. He was a writer of

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s (''Parodiarum horatianarum Libri III et sylvarum Libri II'', 1588); and his talents in this direction were recognized by the emperor Rudolph II, who ennobled him; but his claim to be remembered rests on his services in elucidating the medieval history of Germany. His ''Opuscula historica ad res Germanicus spectantia'' was edited and published in 1660 by his grandson, Heinrich Meibom (1638–1700), who was professor of medicine who wrote 57 medical treaties and then of history and poetry at Helmstedt, and incorporated his grandfather's work with his own ''Rerum germanicarum scriptures'' (1688).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meibom, Heinrich 1555 births 1625 deaths People from Lippe German poets People from the Principality of Lippe University of Helmstedt faculty German male poets