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


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About Christoph Gottlieb von Murr

  • 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.

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