Georg Brückner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Brückner

German regional historian

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1800

Place of Birth: Oberneubrunn, Thuringia, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Jul-1881

Profession: geographer, entomologist, regional historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Johann Georg Martin Brückner (31 October 1800 in Oberneubrunn – 1 July 1881 in Meiningen) was a German historian and geographer. He attended the gymnasium in Schleusingen, and from 1921 studied at the University of Jena.
Afterwards, he taught classes in Klein Glienicke, near Potsdam, and in 1831 was named rector at the Bürgerschule in Hildburghausen.
From 1841 he was a professor at the Realschule in Meiningen.
From 1866 to 1875 he was director of the Hennebergischen Alterthumsforschenden Vereins (Henneberg Antiquarian Research Association).