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Fries, Lorenz, 1491-1550

LC control no.n 88082950
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Personal name headingFries, Lorenz, 1491-1550
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Variant(s)Fries, Lorenz, of Mergentheim, 1491-1550
Frisaeus, Laurentius, 1491-1550
Frisius, Laurentius, 1491-1550
Friese, Lorenz, 1491-1550
Friess, Lorenzs, 1491-1550
Associated countryGermany
Associated placeWürzburg (Germany)
Birth date1491
Death date1550-12-05
Place of birthBad Mergentheim (Germany)
Place of deathWürzburg (Germany)
Profession or occupationArchivists Historians
Special noteNot the same as: Fries, Lorenz, approximately 1490-1531 (see NAR n 87148702)
Found inMälzer, 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)
LC data base, June 17, 1988 (hdg.: Fries, Lorenz, of Mergentheim, 1491-1550)
Kosch: volume 5, page 739 (Fries, Lorenz (Frisaeus, Laurentius; Friese, Friess, Loren[t]zs), born 1491; died December 5, 1550; lists works)
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)