Johann Gustav Droysen
Gustav Droysen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 July 1808 |
| Died | 19 June 1884 (aged 75) Berlin, Brandenburg, German Empire |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Berlin (PhD, 1831) |
| Thesis | De Lagidarum regno Ptolemaeo IV Philometore rege (1831) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Historism |
| Institutions | University of Berlin University of Kiel University of Jena |
| Main interests | Historical method |
| Notable ideas | The erkennen–erklären–verstehen distinction |
Johann Gustav Bernhard Droysen (/ˈdrɔɪzən/; German: [ˈdʁɔʏzn̩]; 6 July 1808 – 19 June 1884) was a German historian. His history of Alexander the Great was the first work representing a new school of German historical thought that idealized power held by so-called "great" men.