DELBRUCK

delbruck, hans (1848- ), german historian, was born at bergen on the island of rugen on the 11th of november 1848, and studied at the universities of heidelberg and bonn. as a soldier he fought in the franco-german war, after which he was for some years tutor to one of the princes of the german imperial family. in 1885 he became professor of modern history in the university of berlin, and he was a member of the german reichstag from 1884 to 1890. delbruck's writings are chiefly concerned with the history of the art of war, his most ambitious work being his _geschichte der kriegskunst im rahmen der politischen geschichte_ (first section, _das altertum_, 1900; second, _romer und germanen_, 1902; third, _das mittelalter_, 1907). among his other works are: _die perserkriege und die burgunderkriege_ (berlin, 1887); _historische und politische aufsatze_ (1886); _erinnerungen, aufsatze und reden_ (1902); _die strategie des perikles erlautert durch die strategie friedrichs des grossen_ (1890); _die polenfrage_ (1894); and _das leben des feldmarschalls grafen neithardt von gneisenau_ (1882 and 1894). delbruck began in 1883 to edit the _preussische jahrbucher_, in which he has written many articles, including one on "general wolseley uber napoleon, wellington und gneisenau," and he has contributed to the _europaischer geschichtskalender_ of h. schulthess.