Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer

Austrian historian

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1790

Place of Birth: Brixen, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy

Date of Death: 26-Apr-1861

Profession: politician, historian, university teacher, journalist, explorer, classical philologist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer (10 December 1790 – 26 April 1861) was a German Tyrolean traveller, journalist, politician and historian, best known for his controversial discontinuity theory concerning the racial origins of the Greeks , and for his travel writings.