Friedrich Christian August Hasse Explained

Friedrich Christian August Hasse (4 January 1773, in Rehfeld  - 6 February 1848, in Leipzig) was a German historian. He was the father of pathologist Karl Ewald Hasse (1810–1902).^[1]

He studied legal science, philosophy and history at the University of Wittenberg, and from 1798 was an associate professor at the cadet institute in Dresden. In 1803 he was named a professor of morality and history at the institute. From 1828 to 1848 he was a professor of auxiliary sciences of history at the University of Leipzig, where in 1840/41 he served as dean to the faculty of philosophy.^[2]

He made important contributions as an editor to Ersch und Gruber’s Encyklopädie and especially to Brockhaus's Conversations-Lexikon. From 1830 he was an editor of the Leipziger Zeitung.^{[2] [3]}

Selected works

• Johann Victor Moreau, 1816  - Biography of Jean Victor Marie Moreau.
• Das Leben Gerhards von Kügelgen, 1824  - The life of Gerhard von Kügelgen.
• Die Geschichte der Lombardei (4 volumes, 1826–28)  - The history of Lombardy.
• Gestaltung Europa's seit dem Ende des Mittelalters bis auf die neueste Zeit nach dem Wiener Congresse: Versuch einer historisch-statistischen Entwicklung (4 volumes, 1826–28)  - Layout of Europe from the end of the Middle Ages up until the time of the Congress of Vienna.^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=daXQuK3Z9joC&dq=%22Hasse%2C+Karl+Ewald%22+%22Friedrich+Christian%22&pg=PA141 The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology: Clu-hys
2. http://www.uni-leipzig.de/unigeschichte/professorenkatalog/leipzig/Hasse_1239/ Prof. Dr. phil. Friedrich Christian August Hasse
3. https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Hasse,_Friedrich_Christian_August ADB:Hasse, Friedrich Christian August