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Theodor Mommsen

German classical scholar and historian1817 to 1903

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Taught5

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a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Adolf Gurnik
born 1844
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Camille Jullian
born 1859
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Conrad Cichorius
born 1863
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Eduard Norden
born 1868
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ernst Kornemann
born 1868

Education and career7

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from 1835
Christianeum
studied
1838 to 1843
Kiel University
studied
1847 to 1851
Leipzig University
worked
1852 to 1854
University of Zurich
worked
1854 to 1858
University of Wrocław
worked
from 1858
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
worked
1861 to 1885
Frederick William University Berlin
worked

At a glance

known as: historian of classical antiquity, numismatist, jurist, journalist, legal historian, writer, university teacher, politician, epigrapher, classical archaeologist, historian, Germanist, member of parliament
fields: study of history, history, jurisprudence, classical philology, classical antiquity
degrees: doctorate, Kiel University, 1843
awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, 1902, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, 1868, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, 1871, honorary citizen of Rome
member of: Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, from 1858, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, from 1849, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbian Learned Society, German Archaeological Institute, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Archaeological Institute, from 1898, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 1895 to 1903, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, American Antiquarian Society, Burschenschaft Teutonia zu Kiel, from 1838, Academy of Sciences of Turin, from 1861, Freie Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung, 1887, Society for Defense against Anti-Semitism, from 1890, Romanian Academy, American Philosophical Society, from 1873, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 1876
notable works: The History of Rome, from 1854, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, from 1853
Wikipedia: in 126 languages

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stated by WikidataWikipediaTheodor Mommsen
stated by WikidataWikidataQ25351
stated by WikidataVIAF7402506
stated by WikidataGND118583425
stated by WikidataIdRef028318900
stated by WikidataISNI0000000120988990

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@misc{academicancestry_Q25351,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Theodor Mommsen: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q25351},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Theodor Mommsen: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q25351