Editing Barthold Georg Niebuhr (section)

{{Short description|Danish-German statesman and historian (1776–1831)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Barthold Georg Niebuhr
| image              = Louise Seidler - Niebuhr - Uhde 222.jpg
| caption            = Barthold Georg Niebuhr (drawing by [[Louise Seidler]])
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1776 |08|27|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1831|01|02|1776|08|27|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Bonn]], [[Prussia]]
| resting_place      = [[Alter Friedhof, Bonn]]
| parents            = [[Carsten Niebuhr]] (father)
}}

'''Barthold Georg Niebuhr''' (27 August 1776 – 2 January 1831) was a Danish–German statesman, banker, and historian who became Germany's leading historian of [[Ancient Rome]] and a founding father of modern scholarly [[historiography]]. By 1810 Niebuhr was inspiring German patriotism in students at the [[University of Berlin]] by his analysis of Roman economy and government. Niebuhr was a leader of the [[Romantic era]] and symbol of German national spirit that emerged after the defeat at [[Battle of Jena–Auerstedt|Jena]]. But he was also deeply rooted in the classical spirit of the [[Age of Enlightenment]] in his intellectual presuppositions, his use of philologic analysis, and his emphasis on both general and particular phenomena in history.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Reill|first=Peter Hanns|date=1980|title=Barthold Georg Niebuhr and the Enlightenment Tradition|journal=German Studies Review|volume=3|issue=1|pages=9–26|doi=10.2307/1429481|jstor=1429481}}</ref>