GEORG See also:

• GEORG WAITZ (1813-1886)
• WAITZ, THEODOR (1821-1864)

WAITZ (1813-1886)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Flensburg, in the duchy of See also:

• SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

Schleswig, on the 9th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1813 . He was educated at the Flensburg gymnasium and the See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities of See also:

• KIEL

Kiel and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin . The See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• RANKE, LEOPOLD VON (1795-1886)

Ranke See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early diverted him from his See also:

• ORIGINAL

original purpose of studying See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and while still a student he began that See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of researches in German See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• HISTORY

history which was to be his See also:

• LIFE

life's See also:

• WORK

work . On graduating at Berlin in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1836, See also:

• WAITZ, GEORG (1813-1886)
• WAITZ, THEODOR (1821-1864)

Waitz went to See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover to assist See also:

• PERTZ, GEORG HEINRICH (1795-1876)

Pertz in the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• NATIONAL

national work of See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing the Monumenta Germaniae historica; and the See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and learning he displayed in that position won him a See also:

• SUMMONS (Fr. semonce, from semonner or semondre, Lat. summonere, summonitio)

summons to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of history at Kiel in 1842 . The See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor soon began to take an See also:

• INTEREST

interest in politics, and in 1846 entered the provincial See also:

• DIET

diet as representative of his university . His leanings were strongly German, so that he became somewhat See also:

• OBNOXIOUS (Lat. obnoxiosus, from ob, over, against, and noxa, harm)

obnoxious to the Danish See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, a fact which made an invitation in 1847 to become professor of history at See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen peculiarly acceptable . The See also:

• POLITICAL

political events of 1848-1849, however, delayed his See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in his new chair . When the German party in the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern duchies See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose against the Danish government, Waitz hastened to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place himself at the service of the provisional government . He was sent to Berlin to represent the interests of the duchies there, and during his See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence he was elected by Kiel as a delegate to the national See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament at See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort . Waitz was an adherent of the party who were eager to bring about a See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the German states under a German See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor; and when the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia declined the imperial See also:

• CROWN

crown the professor withdrew from the See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly in disappointment, and ended his active See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in public life . In the autumn of 1849 Waitz began his lectures at Gottingen . His See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of speaking was dry and uninteresting; but the See also:

• MATTER

matter of his lectures was so See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical and his teaching so See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound that students were attracted in crowds to his lecture-See also:

• ROOM

room, and the reputation of the Gottingen See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical school spread far and wide .

At the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time Waitz's See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen was not idle, and his See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is to be traced in the See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his See also:

• WORKS

works and in the Proceedings of the different historical See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies to which he belonged . In 1875 Waitz removed to Berlin to succeed Pertz as See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal editor of the Monuments Germaniae historica . In spite of advancing years the new editor-threw himself into the work with all his former vigour, and took journeys to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy to collate works preserved in these countries . He died at Berlin on the 24th of May 1886 . He was twice married—in 1842 to a daughter of See also:

• SCHELLING, FRIEDRICH WILHELM JOSEPH VON (1775-1854)
• SCHELLING, KAROLINE (1763-1809)

Schelling the philosopher, and in 1858 to a daughter of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General von See also:

• HARTMANN, KARL ROBERT EDUARD VON (1842–1906)
• HARTMANN, MORITZ (1821–1872)

Hartmann . Waitz is often spoken of as the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• DISCIPLE

disciple of Ranke, though perhaps in general characteristics and See also:

• MENTAL

mental attitudehe has more See also:

• AFFINITY (Lat. affinitas, relationship by marriage, from offinis, bordering on, related to; finis, border, boundary)
• AFFINITY, CHEMICAL

affinity with Pertz or See also:

• DAHLMANN, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1785-186o)

Dahlmann . His See also:

• SPECIAL

special domain was medieval German history, and he rarely travelled beyond it . Waitz's chief works, apart from his contributions to the Monumenta, are:—Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte (8 vols., Kiel, 1844–1878; 2nd ed., 2 vols. only, 1865–187o) ; Schleswig-Holsteins Geschichte (2 vols., Gottingen, 1851–1854; the 3rd vol. was never published); See also:

• LUBECK

Lubeck unter Jurgen Wullenwever and See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die europdische Politik (3 vols . ; Berlin, 1855–1856); and Grundziige der Politik (Kiel, 1862) . Among his smaller works, which, however, indicate the See also:

• LINE

line of his researches, are the following: Jahrbiicher See also:

• DES

des deutschen Reichs unter Heinrich I . (Berlin, 1837, 3rd ed., 1885) ; Uber das Leben and die Lehre des Ulfila (Hanover, 184o); Das alte Recht der salischen Franken (Kiel, 1846); and Deutsche Kaiser von Karl dem Grossen bis See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian (Berlin, 1872) . In See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with other scholars Waitz took a leading See also:

• PART

part in the publication of the Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte (See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, 1862 seq.), and in the Nordalbingische Studien, published in the Proceedings of the Schleswig-See also:

• HOLSTEIN
• HOLSTEIN, FRIEDRICH VON (1837–1909)

Holstein Historical Society (Kiel, 1844–1851) .

A Bibliographische Ubersicht fiber Waitz's Werke was published by E . Steindorff at Gottingen in 1886 . Obituary notices of Waitz are to be found in the Historische Zeitschrift, new series, vol. xx.; in the publications for 1886 of the Berlin Akademie der Wissenschaften, the Gottingen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, and the Hansischer Geschichtsverein; in the Historisches Jahrbuch der See also:

• GORRES, JOHANN JOSEPH VON (1776-1848)

GOrres Gesellschaft, vol. viii . ; and in the Revue historique, vol. xxxi .