Wachsmuth, Ernst Wilhelm Gottlieb

Wachsmuth, Ernst Wilhelm Gottlieb a German historian, was born Dec. 28, 1784, at Hildesheim. In 1825 he was appointed professor of history at Leipsic, and died Jan. 23, 1866. He wrote, Hellenische Alter. thumskunde (2nd ed. Halle, 1843, 4 vols.): — Europeische Sittenlgeschichte (Leips. 1831-39, 5 vols.): — Der deutsche Bauernkrieg zur Zeit der Reformation (ibid. 1834): — Geschichte Frankreichs im Revolutions zeitalter (Hamburg, 1840-44, 4 vols. ): — Geschichte des Zeitalters der Revolution (Leips. 1846-48 4 vols.): — Allgemeine Culturgeschichte (ibid. 1850-52, 3 vols.). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 2, 1407. (B. P.)