Mommsen
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Mommsen is a surname, and may refer to one of a family of German historians, see Mommsen family
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Mommsen family
The Mommsen family is a German family of influential historians, most notably Theodor Mommsen, 1902 Nobel Laureate in Literature.*Jens Mommsen ∞ Sophie Elisabeth Krumbhaar **Theodor Mommsen ∞ Marie Reimer...
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- Theodor MommsenTheodor MommsenChristian Matthias Theodor Mommsen was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician, archaeologist, and writer generally regarded as the greatest classicist of the 19th century. His work regarding Roman history is still of fundamental importance for contemporary research...
(1817 – 1903), great classical scholar, and winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"... - Tycho Mommsen (1819 – 1900)
- Wilhelm Mommsen (1892 – 1966)
- Theodor Ernst Mommsen (1905 – 1958)
- Hans MommsenHans MommsenHans Mommsen is a left-wing German historian. He is the twin brother of the late Wolfgang Mommsen.-Biography:He was born in Marburg, the son of the historian Wilhelm Mommsen and great-grandson of the Roman historian Theodor Mommsen. He studied German, history and philosophy at the University of...
(born 1930), historian who favours a functionalistFunctionalism versus intentionalismFunctionalism versus intentionalism is a historiographical debate about the origins of the Holocaust as well as most aspects of the Third Reich, such as foreign policy...
explanation of the Holocaust. Is known for his thesis of Hitler as a "weak dictator" - Wolfgang MommsenWolfgang MommsenWolfgang Justin Mommsen was a German historian. He was the twin brother of Hans Mommsen.-Biography:He was born in Marburg, the son of the historian Wilhelm Mommsen. He was educated at the University of Marburg, University of Cologne and University of Leeds between 1951–1959...
(1930 – 2004), historian who focused on 19th- to 20th-century British and German history, and the comparison of the two nations.