Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse

Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse was a German historian born in Oldenburg.
In 1813 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Leipzig. Beginning in 1816 he taught classes at Maria Magdalena Gymnasium in Breslau, and in 1821 was appointed professor of ancient and medieval history and geography at the University of Halle. From 1828 to 1853 he was a professor at the Imperial University of Dorpat.

Written works

Among his better known writings were Budorgis, oder das alte Schlesien vor der Einführung der christlichen Religion and Deutsche Altertümer. Other noted works by Kruse include:De Istri ostiis, 1820Hellas, oder geographisch-antiquarische Darstellung des alten Griechenland ; 1825–27, three volumesAnastasis der Waräger, 1841 Nekrolivonika, oder Altertümer von Liv-, Esth- und Kurland, 1842 Russische Altertümer, 1844–45 Urgeschichte der Ostseeprovinzen, 1846 Chronicon Nortmannorum, 1851