Heinrich Friedrich Otto Abel

Heinrich Friedrich Otto Abel (22 January 1824 – 28 October 1854) was a German historian.

Heinrich Friedrich Otto Abel
Born(1824-01-22)January 22, 1824
Reichenbach Priory, Kingdom of Württemberg
DiedOctober 28, 1854(1854-10-28) (aged 30)
Leonberg, Kingdom of Prussia
NationalityGerman
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen
University of Jena
Heidelberg University
University of Bonn
Humboldt University
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsUniversity of Bonn

Life

He was born at Reichenbach Priory in the Kingdom of Württemberg, a Protestant religious house, where his father was a clergyman. Beginning in 1824, Abel visited the universities of Tübingen, Jena, Heidelberg, Bonn and Berlin, studying history. Among his teachers was Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann.

Abel also showed political interest in the revolutions of 1848, and published a tract Das neue deutsche Reich und sein Kaiser ("The New German Empire and his Emperor") n which he enthused about the Kingdom of Prussia. As a result, the Prussian minister of external affairs, Heinrich von Arnim, offered him a place in the Prussian embassy in Frankfurt. However, his high expectations were disappointed many times over. He quit the diplomatic service in 1850 and in the ensuing period devoted his energies to the Monumenta Germaniae Historica.

In 1851, Abel inaugurated his formal academic career with his appointment as a lecturer ("Privatdozent") at the University of Bonn. The best known of his scholars was Heinrich von Treitschke. While travelling in 1853, Abel was affected by pulmonary phthisis and died in 1854 in the care of his uncle in Leonberg.

Publications
  • Makedonien vor König Philipp, Leipzig, 1847
  • Das neue deutsche Reich und sein Kaiser, 1848
  • König Philipp der Hohenstaufe, 1852
  • Die politische Bedeutung Kölns am Ende des 12. Jahrhunderts, 1852
  • Die deutschen Personennamen, 1853
  • Theodat, König der Ostgoten, Stuttgart, 1855
  • Kaiser Otto IV und König Friderich II, Berlin, post mortem 1856

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