Karl Johannes Neumann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Johannes Neumann

German historian

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1857

Place of Birth: Głogów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1917

Profession: historian, university teacher

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Karl Johannes Neumann (9 September 1857 in Glogau near Krotoschin – 12 October 1917 in Munich) was a German classical historian. He studied classical philology, ancient history and church history at the University of Leipzig, later continuing his education at the University of Tübingen.
In 1880 he received his doctorate at Leipzig with a dissertation on the anti-Christianity writings of Emperor Julian ("Prolegomena in Juliani imperatoris libros quibus impugnavit Christianos").
Following graduation, he worked as an assistant in the university library at Halle.
In 1880 he became an associate professor at the University of Strasbourg, where he gained a full professorship in 1890.
In 1909/10 he served as university rector.