Heinrich Gelzer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heinrich Gelzer

classical philologist and historian (1847-1906)

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1847

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 11-Jul-1906

Profession: politician, historian, university teacher, classical scholar, classical philologist, byzantinist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Not to be confused with the German classical scholar Matthias Gelzer, who wrote on Julius Caesar and the Late Roman Republic.Heinrich Gelzer (1 July 1847, in Berlin – 11 July 1906, in Jena) was a German classical scholar.
He wrote also on Armenian mythology.
He was the son of the Swiss historian Johann Heinrich Gelzer (1813–1889).
He became Professor of classical philology and ancient history at the University of Jena, in 1878.
He wrote a still-standard work on Sextus Julius Africanus.
He worked out the chronology of Gyges of Lydia, from cuneiform evidence, in an 1875 article.