BREDOW

bredow, gottfried gabriel (1773-1814), german historian, was born at berlin on the 14th of december 1773, and became successively professor at the universities of helmstadt, frankfort-on-oder and breslau. he died at breslau on the 5th of september 1814. bredow's principal works are _handbuch der alien geschichte, geographic und chronologie_ (eutin, 1799; english trans., london, 1827); _chronik des 19. jahrhunderts_ (altona, 1801); _entwurf der weltkunde der alten_ (altona, 1816); _weltgeschichte in tabellen_ (altona, 1801; english trans, by j. bell, london, 1820); _grundriss einer geschichte der merkwurdigsten welthandel von 1796-1810_ (hamburg, 1810). bredow's posthumous writings were edited by j.g. kunisch (breslau, 1823), who added a biography of the author.