MOMMSEN, THEODOR

born Nov. 30, 1817, Garding, Schleswig [now in Germany] died Nov. 1, 1903, Charlottenburg, near Berlin, Ger. in full Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen German historian and writer, famous for his masterpiece, Rmische Geschichte (The History of Rome). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1902. Additional reading Biographical and critical works include Lothar Wickert, Theodor Mommsen: Eine Biographie, 3 vol. (195980), and Drei Vortrge ber Theodor Mommsen (1970).