Saturday, December 10, 2011
RANDOM ECYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
FALKE,JOHANN FRIEDRICH GOTTLIEB (1823-1876)- german historian. b ratzeburg. entered university of erlangen in 1843+ soon devoted to the history of the german language + literature. in 1848 he went as a tutor to munich, where he stayed 5 yrs + diligently availed himself of the use of the gort library to study his historical study. in 1855, was appointed secretary of the manuscript collections in the museum at nuremburg, + in 1857 keeper of the manuscripts. w/ the aid of the manuscript collections in the museum he turned now his attention cheiflt to political history, + along w/ his brother jacob, who was still living(1878), + johann muller, established a historical journal 1855-1859 blah blah in 1862 appointed sect of statearchives at dresden, + a little later keeper. he there began to study Saxon history. died dresden 1876.
FALKIRK- scotland, wide street w/ a humber of narrow ones. cattle fairs of antiquity, a place of some note in 11thC, originally englishbreekk, speckled church. carron battle in 1298 wallace
