Sigurd Abel


Sigurd Abel was a German historian from Stuttgart.

Education

Abel visited the seminary of Maulbronn and the college of Stuttgart. He then followed the steps of his cousin Heinrich Friedrich Otto Abel and began studying history in Jena, Bonn, Göttingen and Berlin. He earned his doctorate in summer 1859 with professor Georg Waitz in Göttingen.

Career

In 1861, Abel became a professor and private lecturer at University of Göttingen.
He was offered an extraordinary professorship from the university of Giessen in 1868.

Personal life

In 1868, Abel's physical and mental condition forced him to return to his parental house in Leonberg, where he died in 1873.

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