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Age79 years (at death)
BornMay 25, 1818
DeathAug 08, 1897
CountrySwitzerland
ProfessionHistorian, university teacher, art historian, author, draftsperson, cultural historian, philologist, philosopher
ZodiacGemini ♊
Born inBasel
FatherJakob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Personal Facts, Age, Height and Biography of Jacob Burckhardt
was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. His best known work is The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860). He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history. Sigfried Giedion described Burckhardt's achievement in the following terms: "The great discoverer of the age of the Renaissance, he first showed how a period should be treated in its entirety, with regard not only for its painting, sculpture and architecture, but for the social institutions of its daily life as well."
