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A German historian and palaeographist; born at Ranzau, Sept. 22, 1819; died at Frankfort, Sept. 20, 1897; became professor of history at Heidelberg, 1862, and 1873 in Berlin University. He was author of "Contributions to the History of the Christian Church in Bohemia and Moravia" (1849); "Introduction to Greek Palaeography" (1867); "Introduction to Latin Palaeography" (1869); "Writing in the Middle Ages" (1871); "Vacation Travels in Spain and Portugal" (1869); "The Transylvanian Saxons" (1870); "The Inquisition against the Waldenses in Pomerania and in the Mark of Brandenburg" (1886); "The Sect of the Brethren of the Free Spirit" (1887); "History of the Roman Papacy" (1876).