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Heinrich Leo (1799–1878)
Leo, Heinrich. A German historian; born at Rudolstadt, March 19, 1799; died at Halle, April 24, 1878. He was appointed professor of history in the University of Halle, 1830. In early life he was in religion a rationalist, and in political faith a radical; but later he became a conservative and an “obscurantist.” His principal works are: ‘History of the Italian States’ (5 vols., 1829); ‘History of the Netherlands’ (2 vols., 1832); ‘Natural History of the State’ (1833); ‘Text-Book of Universal History’ (6 vols., 1835–44); ‘Anglo-Saxon Glossary’ (2 vols., 1872).