Jacob Burckhardt
Swiss historian
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history. Wikipedia
Born: May 25, 1818, Basel, Switzerland
Died: August 8, 1897 (age 79 years), Basel, Switzerland
Parents: Susanna Maria Burckhardt-Schorndorff and Jakob Burckhardt
Institutions: University of Basel; Federal Polytechnic School
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