Carl von Noorden


Carl Friedrich Johannes von Noorden was a German historian who was a native of Bonn. He was a grandson to psychiatrist Christian Friedrich Nasse and the father of pathologist Carl von Noorden.

Biography

He studied at the Universities of Marburg, Berlin and Bonn, where he was a pupil of Heinrich von Sybel. In 1868 he became a professor of history at the University of Greifswald. Afterwards he served as a professor at Marburg, Tübingen, Bonn and Leipzig. At the University of Leipzig, one of his students was Karl Lamprecht. After his death, his position at Leipzig was filled by his friend, Wilhelm Maurenbrecher.
Noorden published books on medieval and Renaissance history, and also works on European history from more recent times. He is known for writings on events that took place during the War of Spanish Succession, and works involving the historical era surrounding Charles V. In addition, he published a number of articles involving the political histories of England, France and the Netherlands. One of his better efforts was an unfinished book on the recent history of Spain.
Noorden was a catalyst in the founding of the Königlich-Sächsischen Historischen Seminars at the University of Leipzig. He was a member of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences in Leipzig, and from 1874 onward, a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
He died on 25 December 1883 in Leipzig.

Selected writings