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Johann Gustav Droysen
German historian (1808–1884)
Johann Gustav Bernhard Droysen (; German:[ˈdʁɔʏzn̩]; 6 July 1808 – 19 June 1884) was a Germanhistorian.
His history of Alexander the Great was the first work representing a new school of German historical thought that idealized power held by so-called "great" men.
Early life and education
Droysen was born at Treptow in Pomerania (now Trzebiatów in Poland) on 6 July 1808.
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His father, Johann Christoph Droysen, was an army chaplain who had been present at the celebrated siege of Kolberg in 1806–1807. As a child, Droysen witnessed some of the military operations during the War of Liberation, his father by then being pastor at Greifenhagen, in the immediate neighbourhood of Stettin, which was held by the French for most of 1813.
These youthful impressions laid the foundation of his ardent attachment to the Kingdom of Prussia. He was educated at the gymnasium of Stettin and at the University of Berlin; fr