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Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (65) |
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| complete name: |
Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen |
| nobel prize: |
literature |
| award year: |
1902 |
| prize share: |
Prize share: 1/1 |
| rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1902 was awarded to Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen "the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, <I>A history of Rome</I>." |
| biography: |
Biography |
| laureate facts: |
Facts |
| given name: |
Theodor |
| family name: |
Mommsen |
| occupation: |
writer |
| occupation: |
politician |
| occupation: |
jurist |
| occupation: |
university teacher |
| occupation: |
journalist |
| occupation: |
numismatist |
| occupation: |
legal historian |
| occupation: |
classical scholar |
| occupation: |
epigrapher |
| occupation: |
classical archaeologist |
| occupation: |
historian of classical antiquity |
| field of work: |
study of history |
| work location: |
Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany |
| description: |
Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician, archaeologist and writer generally regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th century. His work regarding Roman history is still of fundamental importance for contemporary research. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902 for being "the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A 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 (BGB). |
| image copyright: |
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. |
| image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1902. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1902/summary/> |
| date birth: |
1817 |
| date death: |
1903 |
| usual name: |
Christian Mommsen |
