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Gottfried Gabriel Bredow
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or 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.
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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.
