Fries, Lorenz, 1491-1550

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Name (Latin)
Fries, Lorenz, 1491-1550
Other forms of name
Frisius, Laurentius, 1491-1550
Fries, Lorenz, of Mergentheim, 1491-1550
Friese, Lorenz, 1491-1550
Friess, Lorenzs, 1491-1550
Frisaeus, Laurentius, 1491-1550
Date of birth
1491-06-24
Date of death
1550-05-12
Associated country
Germany
Occupation
Archivists
Historians
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 66564628
Wikidata: Q95863
Library of congress: n 88082950
TAU10: 000187081
Sources of Information
  • German Wikipedia, viewed(Lorenz Fries: Latin name form: Laurentius Frisius; born June 24 of either 1489 or 1491 in Mergentheim; died December 5, 1550, in Würzburg; secretary to the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg; city councilman and archivist; he was one of the most important writers of Franconian history in the 16th century; his main works were the Würzburger Bischofs-Chronik and his Geschichte des Bauernkriegs in Ostfranken)
  • Kosch:volume 5, page 739 (Fries, Lorenz (Frisaeus, Laurentius; Friese, Friess, Loren[t]zs), born 1491; died December 5, 1550; lists works)
  • LC data base, June 17, 1988(hdg.: Fries, Lorenz, of Mergentheim, 1491-1550)
  • Mälzer, Gottfried. Die Würzburger Bischofs-Chronik des Lorenz Fries, 1987:title page (Lorenz Fries) page 7 (1489-1550; born in Mergentheim; secretary to the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg, historian and archivist)