Johann Baptist Weiss

Johann Baptist von White ( born July 17, 1820 Ettenheim, Baden, † March 8, 1899 in Graz, Styria ) was a German historian, writer and university teacher. He became famous for his 22 - volume World History and other historical works.

Life

Although he came from a humble background, White was able to visit the Lyceum in Freiburg and studying in Tübingen, Heidelberg and Munich. In 1844 he took a teaching job for English and French language at secondary grammar school in Freiburg. After the revolution of 1848, during which he advocated a large German solution and turned against the Badische Republic, took over the editorship of the White Freiburg newspaper. 1854 he was appointed professor at the Karl- Franzens- University of Graz. There he began to write his history of the world, where he worked until his death. Further work is "the story of Alfred the Great " (1852 ), "History of the German folk costumes in the Middle Ages " (1865) and " Byzantine Stories " (1872 ).

Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria appointed him to a lifelong member of the manor, raised him to the personal nobility and gave him several orders. Pope Pius IX. presented him with the Gregoriusorden. In his hometown Ettenheim a street is named after him.