KARL

PETER WILHELM

See also:

• KARL PETER WILHELM MAURENBRECHER (1838-1892)

MAURENBRECHER (1838-1892)  , German historian, was born at Bonn on the 21st of December, 1838, and studied in Berlin and Munich under Ranke and Von Sybel, being especially influenced by the latter historian . After doing some research work at Simancas in Spain, he became professor of history at the university of Dorpat in 1867; and was then in turn professor at Konigsberg, Bonn and Leipzig . He died at Leipzig on the 6th of November, 1892 . Many of Maurenbrecher's works are concerned with the Reformation, among them being England im Ref ormationszeitalter (Dusseldorf, 1866) ; Karl V. and die deutschen Protestanten (Dusseldorf, 1865) ; Studien and Skizzen zur Geschichte der Reformationszeit (Leipzig, 1874) ; and the incomplete Geschichte der Katholischen Reformation (Nordlingen, 188o) . He also wrote Don Karlos (Berlin, 1876); Grundung des deutschen Reiches 1859—1871 (Leipzig, 1892, and again 1902); and Geschichte der deutschen Konigswahlen (Leipzig, 1889) . See G . Wolf, Wilhelm Maurenbrecher (Berlin, 1893) .