Christoph Gottlieb von Murr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christoph Gottlieb von Murr

German historian

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1733

Place of Birth: Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Apr-1811

Profession: writer, historian, author

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Christoph Gottlieb von Murr (6 August 1733 – 8 April 1811) was a polymathic German scholar, based in Nuremberg.
He was a historian and magistrate.
He edited significant cultural journals.
He also corresponded with Leonard Euler.
Von Murr reproduced in 1790 the book published in 1553 by Michael Servetus entitled Christianismi restitutio.
The original books were burned when Servetus himself was burned at the stake in Geneva.
Von Murr used as model the exemplar in the National Library in Vienna, one of the three surviving exemplars.