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Jacob Burckhardt — Age & Birthday
Born: 25 May 1818 · Died: 8 August 1897 · Age at death: 79
How old was Jacob Burckhardt when he died?
Jacob Burckhardt died aged 79. He was born on 25 May 1818 and died on 8 August 1897.
Historian who wrote The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Did you know?He was a significant influence on the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche while they were both professors in Basel.
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (Swiss Standard German:; 25 May 1818 – 8 August 1897) was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. His best known work is The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860).
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- Age at death
- 79
- Years since death
- 129
- Born
- May 25, 1818 · Basel, Switzerland
- Died
- August 8, 1897
- Nationality
- Swiss
- Known for
- Scholarship, Literature, Philosophy
Family
- Father
- Jakob Burckhardt
- Mother
- Susanna Maria Burckhardt-Schorndorff
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