page_title: Ottokar Lorenz
hierarchical_section_title: Ottokar Lorenz
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Ottokar Lorenz (1832-1904) österreichisch-deutscher Historiker und Genealoge
context_page_description: Ottokar Lorenz was an Austrian-German historian and genealogist. He was born in Iglau and died in Jena. He was the father of chemist Richard Lorenz.
  He studied philology, history and philosophy in Vienna, where his instructors included Hermann Bonitz, Joseph Aschbach and Albert Jäger. From 1861 to 1885, Lorenz was a professor of history at the University of Vienna, being appointed rector in 1880. Afterwards, he was a professor at the University of Jena.
  He was a founder of modern "scientific genealogy". Some of his better written efforts are as follows:
  Deutsche Geschichte im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert, two volumes.
  Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im Mittelalter seit der Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts [German history from the middle of the 13th Century]., two volumes, 1886–87.
  Geschichte des Elsasses, with Wilhelm Scherer, 3rd edition 1886.
  Genealogisches Handbuch der europäischen Staatengeschichte.
  Lehrbuch der wissenschaftlichen Genealogie.
context_section_description: Ottokar Lorenz (17 September 1832 – 13 May 1904) was an Austrian-German historian and genealogist. He was born in Iglau (now Jihlava, Czech Republic) and died in Jena. He was the father of chemist Richard Lorenz (1863-1929).
  He studied philology, history and philosophy in Vienna, where his instructors included Hermann Bonitz, Joseph Aschbach and Albert Jäger. From 1861 to 1885, Lorenz was a professor of history at the University of Vienna, being appointed rector in 1880. Afterwards, he was a professor at the University of Jena.
  He was a founder of modern "scientific genealogy". Some of his better written efforts are as follows:
  Deutsche Geschichte im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert, ("German history in the 13th and 14th centuries"), two volumes (1863–67).
  Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im Mittelalter seit der Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts [German history from the middle of the 13th Century]., two volumes, 1886–87.
  Geschichte des Elsasses, ("History of Alsace"); with Wilhelm Scherer, 3rd edition 1886.
  Genealogisches Handbuch der europäischen Staatengeschichte, ("Genealogical textbook of European states history"), (1892).
  Lehrbuch der wissenschaftlichen Genealogie, ("Textbook of scientific genealogy"), (1898).
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