Hieronymus Wolf
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German historian and humanist (1516 - 1580)
Key facts
- Born
- 13 August 1516, Oettingen in Bayern , Germany
- Died
- 8 October 1580 (aged 64)
- Occupation
- Historian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hieronymus
- Family name
- Wolf
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire
- Place of birth
- Oettingen in Bayern
- Place of death
- Augsburg
- Occupation
- historian
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Image
- Portret van Hieronymus Wolf Hieronymus Wolffius (titel op object), RP-P-OB-31.457.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1516-08-13
- date of death
- 1580-10-08
- Commons category
- Hieronymus Wolf
- writing language
- Latin
- has works in the collection
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- significant person
- Philipp Melanchthon
- Commons Creator page
- Hieronymus Wolf
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Encyclopedic overview
Hieronymus Wolf (13 August 1516 – 8 October 1580) was a sixteenth-century German historian and humanist, most famous for introducing a system of Roman historiography that eventually became the standard in works of medieval Byzantine history.
Life
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