GUTSCHMID

gutschmid, alfred, baron von (1835-1887), german historian and orientalist, was born on the 1st of july at loschwitz (dresden). after holding chairs at kiel (1866), konigsberg (1873), and jena (1876), he was finally appointed professor of history at tubingen, where he died on the 2nd of march 1887. he devoted himself to the study of eastern language and history in its pre-greek and hellenistic periods and contributed largely to the literature of the subject. works.--_uber die fragmente des pompeius trogus_ (supplementary vol. of _jahrbucher fur klass. phil._, 1857); _die makedonische anagraphe_ (1864); _beitrage zur gesch. des alten orients_ (leipzig, 1858); _neue beitrage zur gesch. des alt. or._, vol. i., _die assyriologie in deutschland_ (leipzig, 1876); _die glaubwurdigkeit der armenischen gesch. des moses von khoren_ (1877); _untersuchungen uber die syrische epitome des eusebischen canones_ (1886); _untersuch. uber die gesch. des konigreichs osraene_ (1887); _gesch. irans_ (alexander the great to the fall of the arsacidae) (tubingen, 1887). he wrote on persia and phoenicia in the 9th edition of the ency. brit. a collection of minor works entitled _kleine schriften_ was published by f. ruhl at leipzig (1889-1894, 5 vols.), with complete list of his writings. see article by ruhl in _allgemeine deutsche biographie_, xlix. (1904).