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Theodor Mommsen

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Theodor Mommsen

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Also known as Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen, Christian Mommsen, T. Mommsen, Theodore Mommsen

German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)

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Theodor Mommsen was a person recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and the Nobel Literature collection. He was born on 30 November 1817 and died on 1 November 1903. He had 16 children. His works include *Zum ältesten strafrecht der kulturvölker*, *Fasti anni juliani*, *Commentarii dei ludi secolari Augustei e Severiani*, *Hr. Mommsen [und hr. Paul Krüger legten] ...*, and *Histoire de la monnaie romaine*.

Mommsen received one Nobel Prize. He is referenced by 1,860 other encyclopedia articles. His quotes include statements about the ancient boundary of Italy, the nature of democracy, and the Czech skull.

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Person · Open Library

Born
30 November 1817
Died
1 November 1903
Works
399

Top works

  • Zum ältesten strafrecht der kulturvölker
  • Fasti anni juliani
  • Commentarii dei ludi secolari Augustei e Severiani
  • Hr. Mommsen [und hr. Paul Krüger legten] ...
  • Mémoires sur les provinces romaines et sur les listes qui nous en sont parvenues depuis la division faite par Dioclétien jusqu'au commencement du cinquième siècle

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
29
Total plays
4,228

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Theodor+Mommsen">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. HTSeq—a Python framework to work with high-throughput sequencing data

    · 2014 · cited 19,541x

  2. Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC

    · 2012 · cited 6,658x

  3. Quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator in a gas of ultracold atoms

    · 2002 · cited 5,061x

  4. Cortisol in teleosts: dynamics, mechanisms of action, and metabolic regulation

    · 1999 · cited 2,020x

  5. Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis

    · 2002 · cited 2,004x

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Quotes

  • “The ancient boundary of Italy on the north was not the Alps but the Apennines.”
  • “All power, as well as all the impotence of democracy is based on faith”
  • “The czech skull is impervious to reason, but it is scuceptible to blows.”
  • “..personal credit was guaranteed in the most summary and extravagant fashion; for the law entitled the creditor to treat his insolvent debtor like a thief, and granted to him in sober earnest by legislative enactment what Shylock, half in jest, stipulated for from his mortal enemy, guarding indeed by special clauses the point as to cutting off too much more carefully than did the Jew.”
  • “[the] qualities -those of good soldiers but bad citizens - explain the historical fact, that the celts have shaken states everywhere,but founded none.”
  • “In Etruria.. the nation stagnated and decayed in political helplessness and indolent opulence, a theological monopoly in the hands of the nobility, stupid fatalism, wild and meaningless mysticism, the arts of soothsaying and mendicant priestcraft gradually developed themselves, till they reached the height at which we afterwards find them.”

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature1902

    “the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A history of Rome”

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Encyclopedic overview

Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (/ˈmɒmzən/; German: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈmɔmzn̩] ; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th century. He received the 1902 Nobel Prize in Literature for his historical writings, including The History of Rome, after having been nominated by 18 members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. He was also a prominent German politician, as a member of the Prussian and German parliaments. His works on Roman law and on the law of obligations had a significant impact on the German civil code.

Life

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