Friedrich Christian August Hasse

Friedrich Christian August Hasse

Friedrich Christian August Hasse (4 January 1773, in Rehfeld – 6 February 1848, in Leipzig) was a German historian. He was the father of pathologist Karl Ewald Hasse (1810–1902).[1]

He studied legal science, philosophy and history at the University of Wittenberg, and from 1798 was an associate professor at the cadet institute in Dresden. In 1803 he was named a professor of morality and history at the institute. From 1828 to 1848 he was a professor of auxiliary sciences of history at the University of Leipzig, where in 1840/41 he served as dean to the faculty of philosophy.[2]

He made important contributions as an editor to Ersch und Gruber’s Encyklopädie and especially to Brockhaus's Conversations-Lexikon. From 1830 he was an editor of the Leipziger Zeitung.[2][3]

  1. ^ The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology: Clu-hys by Joseph Thomas
  2. ^ a b Prof. Dr. phil. Friedrich Christian August Hasse Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig
  3. ^ ADB:Hasse, Friedrich Christian August In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, S. 754.