Wilhelm Junghans
German historian
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| Intro | German historian | |
| Places | Germany | |
| was | Historian Regional historian Medievalist Educator | |
| Work field | Academia Social science | |
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| Birth | 3 May 1834 | |
| Death | 27 January 1865 (aged 30 years) |
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Wilhelm Junghans (3 May 1834 – 27 January 1865) was a German historian who was a native of Lüneburg.
He studied under Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl (1806-1876) at the University of Bonn, and with Georg Waitz (1813-1886) at the University of Göttingen. In 1862 he was appointed professor at the University of Kiel, a position he held until his death in 1865 at the age of 30. At Kiel he was also secretary of the Schleswig-Holstein Historical Society.
Junghans is remembered for his 1856 work involving the Merovingian kings Childeric I and Clovis I, titled "Die Geschichte der fränkischen Könige Childerich und Chlodovech, kritisch untersucht". This book was later translated into French by historian Gabriel Monod (1844-1912) and published as "Histoire critique des règnes de Childerich et de Chlodovech".