Dietrich Hermann Hegewisch (15 December 1746 – 4 April 1812) was a German historian

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 study of all history in time. If the individual is...

 who was a native of Quakenbrück

Quakenbrück

Quakenbrück is a town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hase. It is part of the Samtgemeinde of Artland....

. He was the father of political publicist Franz Hermann Hegewisch (1783-1865).

Hegewisch studied theology

Theology

Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...

 and history at Göttingen, and following graduation was a private tutor, and later a newspaper editor in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

. From 1782 to 1812 he was a full professor of history at the University of Kiel

University of Kiel

The University of Kiel is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 23,000 students today...

. In 1805 he was appointed Etatsrat by the Danish monarchy.

Written works

He was a prolific author who published books over a wide array of subjects. His 1811 Einleitung in die historische Chronologie (Introduction to Historical Chronology) was translated into English in 1837. Other publications by Hegewisch include:

• Geschichte Karls des Großen (History of Charlemagne
  Charlemagne
  Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...
  
  ), 1777
• Geschichte der fränkischen Monarchie (History of the Frankish Monarchy), 1779
• Geschichte der Deutschen von Konrad I bis Heinrich II (History of the German Konrad I to Henry II)
• Geschichte der Regierung Maximilians I (History of the Government of Maximilian I)
• Die Aramäer oder Syrer; ein kleiner Beitrag zur allgemeinen Weltgeschichte (The Aramaeans
  Aramaeans
  The Aramaeans, also Arameans , were a Northwest Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who originated in what is now modern Syria during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age...
  
   or Syrians; An article about General World History), 1791
• Historische und litterarische Aufsätze (Historical and Literary Essays), 1801
• Geschichte der Herzogtümer Schleswig und Holstein (History of the Duchies of Schleswig
  Schleswig
  Schleswig or South Jutland is a region covering the area about 60 km north and 70 km south of the border between Germany and Denmark; the territory has been divided between the two countries since 1920, with Northern Schleswig in Denmark and Southern Schleswig in Germany...
  
   and Holstein
  Holstein
  Holstein is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is part of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany....
  
  ), 1801-02
• *Geographische und historische Nachrichten, die Kolonien der Griechen betreffend (Geographical and Historical Writings concerning Greek Colonization); 1808, 1811