Carl Friedrich Johannes von Noorden (11 September 1833 – 25 December 1883) was a German

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 species; as well as the ...

who was a native of

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. He was a grandson to

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Christian Friedrich Nasse Christian Friedrich Nasse (18 April 1778 – 18 April 1851) was a German physician and psychiatrist born in Bielefeld. He studied medicine at the University of Halle under physiologist Johann Christian Reil (1759–1813). At Halle, Achim von Arn ...

(1778–1851) and the father of

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Carl von Noorden (1858–1944).

Biography

He studied at the Universities of

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and

, where he was a pupil of

Heinrich von Sybel Heinrich Karl Ludolf von Sybel (2 December 1817 – 1 August 1895) was a German historian and politician, who served in the Landtag of Prussia from 1862 to 1864 and from 1874 to 1880. He was a professor at the University of Bonn from 1861 to 1875 ...

(1817–1895). In 1868 he became a professor of history at the

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. Afterwards he served as a professor at Marburg (from 1870),

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(from 1873), Bonn (from 1876) and

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(from 1877). At the

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, one of his students was

Karl Lamprecht Karl Gotthard Lamprecht (25 February 1856 – 10 May 1915) was a German historian who specialized in German art and economic history. Biography Lamprecht was born in Jessen in the Province of Saxony. As a student, he trained in history, politic ...

(1856–1915). After his death, his position at Leipzig was filled by his friend,

Wilhelm Maurenbrecher Karl Peter Wilhelm Maurenbrecher (21 December 18386 November 1892, Leipzig) was a German historian. He was born in Bonn and studied in Berlin and Munich under Leopold von Ranke and Heinrich von Sybel, being especially influenced by the latter his ...

(1838–1892). Noorden published books on medieval and

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history, and also works on European history from more recent times. He is known for writings on events that took place during the

War of Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish ...

, and works involving the historical era surrounding

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. In addition, he published a number of articles involving the political histories of England, France and the

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. One of his better efforts was an unfinished book on the recent history of Spain. Noorden was a catalyst in the founding of the ''Königlich-Sächsischen Historischen Seminars'' (Royal Saxon Historical Seminars) at the

(1877). He was a member of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences in Leipzig, and from 1874 onward, a corresponding member of the

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(''Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften''). He died on 25 December 1883 in Leipzig.

Selected writings

* ''Die Sage von Helgi : Liederkreis nach der Edda'', 1857 - The saga of

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; Circle of songs from the

Edda "Edda" (; Old Norse ''Edda'', plural ''Eddur'') is an Old Norse term that has been applied by modern scholars to the collective of two Medieval Icelandic literary works: what is now known as the ''Prose Edda'' and an older collection of poems ( ...

. * ''Hinkmar, Erzbischof von Reims'', Bonn 1863 - (

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, Archbishop of Reims 806–882. * ''Der Rücktritt des Ministeriums Pitt im Jahre 1801'', 1863 - Resignation of Prime Minister

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in 1801. * ''Die parlamentarische Parteiregierung in England'', 1865 - The parliamentary government in England. * ''Europäische Geschichte im 18. Jahrhundert, 1. Abteilg.: Der Spanische Erbfolgekrieg'', Volumes 1-3

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1870-1882 - European history in the 18th Century; The Spanish War of Succession. * ''Sechs Jahre österreichischer Politik'', 1871 - Six years of Austrian politics.OCLC Classify
(publications) *''Historischen Vorträge, eingeleitet und herausgegeben von Wilhelm Maurenbrecher'', Leipzig 1884 - Historical lectures, initiated and edited by Wilhelm Maurenbrecher,

References

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Karl Lamprecht: A German Academic Life (1856-1915)
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