Gottlob Benedikt von Schirach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gottlob Benedikt von Schirach

German journalist and historian

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1743

Place of Birth: Upper Lusatia, Brandenburg, Poland

Date of Death: 07-Dec-1804

Profession: writer, diplomat, historian, university teacher, journalist, philosopher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Gottlob Benedikt von Schirach (born 13 June 1743 in Parowa, died 7 December 1804 in Altona) (né Gottlob Benedikt Schirach; also spelled Gottlob Benedict Schirach; Sorbian Bohuchwal Benedikt ze Šerach) was a Sorbian historian, philosopher and writer, and later a diplomat in Danish service. He was a son of the Sorbian theologian Christian Gottlob Schirach (Krescan Bohuchwal Šerach).
After studying history and philology at the University of Leipzig, he became a lecturer at the University of Halle in 1764.
In 1769 he became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Helmstedt.
He published several books and was regarded as a well-known author in his lifetime. In recognition of his biography of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, he was raised to the hereditary Austrian nobility by Empress Maria Theresa on 17 May 1776.
He is the progenitor of the noble Schirach family.
In 1780 he became a diplomat in Danish service, and moved to Altona near Hamburg.
In Altona he founded the journal Politisches Journal nebst Anzeige von gelehrten und anderen Sachen, one of the most influential journals on political affairs of its time.