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Heinrich Friedjung

1851 – 1920

Historian and journalist

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Lived 1851 – 1920 (aged 69). Heinrich Friedjung was an Austrian journalist, historian, opinion journalist, secondary school teacher, politician and writer.

Heinrich Friedjung (18 January 1851 – 14 July 1920) was an Austrian historian and journalist.

Life Friedjung was born in Roschtin, Austrian Empire (today Roštín, Czech Republic). The son of a Jewish family grew up in Vienna, and studied history in Prague and Berlin under Theodor Mommsen and Leopold von Ranke. He taught history and German language at the Commercial Academy (Handelsakademie) in Vienna from 1873 to 1879; he was then fired for criticizing the government.

He subsequently became active in politics, notably for his liberal and German-nationalistic views and support for the Greater German solution to the German question.

Friedjung died in Vienna.

Works

Kaiser Karl IV. u. sein Antheil am geistigen Leben seiner Zeit, Vienna 1876 Der Ausgleich mit Ungarn. Politische Studie über das Verhältnis Österreichs zu Ungarn und Deutschland, 3 Auflagen, Leipzig 1876/77 Ein Stück Zeitungsgeschichte, Vienna 1887 Der Kampf um die Vorherrschaft in Deutschland 1859 bis 1866, zehn Auflagen, Stuttgart-Berlin 1897–1917 (Google books) Benedeks nachgelassene Papiere, Leipzig 1901 Der Krimkrieg und die österreichische Politik, Stuttgart-Berlin 1911 Österreich von 1848 bis 1860, Berlin 1908 Denkschrift aus Deutschösterreich, Vienna 1915 Das Zeitalter des Imperialismus 1884 bis 1914, 3 vol., Berlin 1919–1923 Historische Aufsätze, 2 vol., Stuttgart- Berlin,1917–1919

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Who was Heinrich Friedjung?

historian and journalist (1851–1920)

When was Heinrich Friedjung born?

Heinrich Friedjung was born on 18 January 1851 in Roštín, Hoštice.

When did Heinrich Friedjung die?

Heinrich Friedjung died on 14 July 1920 in Vienna.

What was Heinrich Friedjung's occupation?

Heinrich Friedjung was a journalist, historian, opinion journalist, secondary school teacher, politician and writer.

What nationality was Heinrich Friedjung?

Heinrich Friedjung was Austrian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Heinrich Friedjung

· Wikidata: Q87173

· DBpedia: Heinrich Friedjung

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