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Ottokar Lorenz (1832–1903)

Lorenz, Ottokar (lō’rentz). A German historian; born at Iglau, Sept. 17, 1832; died at Jena, May 13, 1903. His first work was ‘The Consular Tribunal’ (1855). He was appointed professor of history in the University of Vienna, 1862; in 1885 at Jena. Among his writings are: ‘German History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries’ (2 vols., 1863); ‘Sources of Mediæval German History’ (1870); ‘History of Alsace’ (1871); ‘History and Politics’ (1876); ‘Genealogical Manual of the History of European States’ (1895).