Matthias Christian Sprengel


Matthias Christian Sprengel was a German geographer and historian. He was notably the author of works on North American history, the American Revolution and Maratha history.
He studied history at the University of Göttingen as a pupil of August Ludwig von Schlözer. In 1778 he became an associate professor, and during the following year, relocated to the University of Halle as a full professor of history. At Halle he worked closely with Johann Reinhold Forster, who in time, became Sprengel's father-in-law.
From 1800 onward, he was editor of .

Selected works