Gfrdrer

Gfrdrer, August Friedrich (1803-1861), a German historian, was born in Wtirtemberg, and educated at the University of Tubingen. He went to Switzerland and to Rome, and afterwards established himself as a theological tutor at Wurtemberg till 1830, when he was appointed royal librarian at Stuttgart. In 1835 he published a Life of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, and in 1838 a critical History of Primitive Christianity. From 1841-46 he brought out a Church History down to the Fourteenth Century. In 1846 he became a professor at Freiburg, and in 1848 was a member of the Frankfort Parliament. In 1853 he joined the Church of Rome. Among other works of his is a Byzantine History.