Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg (19 January 1826 in Halle – 16 November 1907 in Halle) was a German historian, author and publicist. He was the Honorary Professor of History at the University of Halle from 1889 until shortly before his death. Early life and education Hertzberg was the eldest son Gustav Ludwig Hertzberg and his wife, the former Friederike Bucholz. From 1835 to 1843 he attended the Pedagogium of the Francke Foundations, where his father worked as a doctor, and passed his Abitur there at the age of 17. He then studied theology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. In the autumn of 1844 he began studying oriental and ancient philology at the University of Leipzig. He returned to the University of Halle in 1847, where Gottfried Bernhardy and Heinrich Leo were among his teachers. Hertzberg received his doctorate in philosophy on November 30, 1848. Career In 1850 he passed the state examination and took up a position as an assistant teacher at the Pedagogy of the Francke Foundations, where he taught until 1855. In 1851 Hertzberg habilitated at the University of Halle with the writing De rebus Graecorum inde ab Achaici foederis interitu usque ad Antoninorum aetatem for the subject of ancient history. In 1854 he joined the Masonic lodge "Zu den Drei Degen", where he held the position of speaker for 24 years. He was summoned to Berlin in 1858 by the Prussian Minister of Education, Moritz August von Bethmann-Hollweg. There Hertzberg worked as the editor for the Prussian Weekly Newspaper until 1860. From 1866 to 1871 he also worked as an editor for the national Liberal Hallisches Tageblatt. University of Halle Hertzberg returned to Halle and was appointed adjunct professor of ancient history on April 4, 1860. The philosophical faculty applied for a full professorship several times (1875 and 1882) in vain. In 1889 a professorship was established for the subject, which was then transferred to Eduard Meyer, and Hertzberg received the status of a full honorary professor in the same year. Hertzberg was also a member of the Historical Commission of the Province of Saxony (from 1895) as well as Chairman of the Saxon-Thuringian History Association. Awards In 1901, Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg was awarded honorary citizenship by the city of Halle on the occasion of his 50th doctoral jubilee. Five years later, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, he was honored with the naming of a street