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Gottfried Gabriel Bredow

German historian (1773–1814) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gottfried Gabriel Bredow
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Gottfried Gabriel Bredow (14 December 1773  5 September 1814) was a German historian.

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Gottfried Gabriel Bredow.

He was born at Berlin, and became successively professor at the universities of Helmstedt (1804), Frankfurt an der Oder and Breslau. He died at Breslau.[1]

Bredow's principal works are Handbuch der alten Geschichte, Geographie und Chronologie (Eutin, 1799; English trans., London, 1827); Chronik des 17. Jahrhunderts (Altona, 1801); Entwurf der Weltkunde der Alten (Altona, 1816); Weltgeschichte in Tabellen (Altona, 1801; English trans. by J. Bell, London, 1820).[1]

One known student was Johann Gottlieb Kunisch (1789–1852), teacher and author.

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