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Franz von Löher
1818–1892
A restless 19th-century writer and historian, he turned his travels in North America and his experience of the 1848 revolutions into vivid books about politics, migration, and national life. His work moves between scholarship, public debate, and firsthand observation.
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Cyprus: Historical and Descriptive
by Franz von Löher
About the author
Born in Paderborn on October 15, 1818, Franz von Löher was a German jurist, historian, political writer, and traveler. He studied law, history, natural science, and art at several universities, and early on developed the broad curiosity that shaped his books and public life.
He traveled widely in Europe and North America in the 1840s, including time in Canada and the United States. Those journeys fed into some of his best-known writing, especially on Germans in America. He also took an active role in the upheavals of 1848 in Germany, founded the Westphälische Zeitung, and was imprisoned for his political involvement before later returning to academic and public service.
In later years he worked as a legal and historical scholar and held archival posts in Munich. Alongside his research, he continued to publish on history, politics, culture, and travel, including books on medieval German culture and Cyprus. He died in Munich on March 1, 1892.