Georg Heinrich Pertz
1795–1876
German historian. Historian of medieval Germany; published important source material in Monumenta Germaniae historica. Archives secretary, royal library, Hanover, 1823; principal keeper, 1827. Called to Berlin as chief librarian, 1842. Married Leonora Horner in 1853.
Sources
ADB
EB.
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.
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