Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, August 24th, 2025
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Bible Encyclopedias
Gottfried Gabriel Bredow

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

Search for…
Resource Toolbox

GOTTFRIED GABRIEL BREDOW (1773-1814), German historian, was born at Berlin on the 14th of December 1773, and became successively professor at the universities of Helmstedt, Frankfort-on-Oder and Breslau. He died at Breslau on the 5th of September 1814. Bredow's principal works are Handbuch der alten Geschichte, Geographic and Chronologie (Eutin, 1799; English trans., London, 1827); Chronik des 19. Jahrhunderts (Altona, 1801); Entwurf der Weltkunde der Alten (Altona, 1816); Weltgeschichte in Tabellen (Altona, 1801; English trans. by J. Bell, London, 1820); Grundriss einer Geschichte der merkwiirdigsten Welthdndel von 1796-1810 (Hamburg, 1810).

Bredow's posthumous writings were edited by J. G. Kunisch (Breslau, 1823), who added a biography of the author.

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Gottfried Gabriel Bredow'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/gottfried-gabriel-bredow.html. 1910.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile