▁German ▁diplom at ▁and ▁historian . ▁ ▁Biography ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁at ▁Hamburg , ▁where ▁his ▁father , ▁Val entin ▁Anton ▁L appen berg ▁( 1 7 5 9 – 1 8 1 9 ), ▁held ▁an ▁official ▁position . ▁He ▁attended ▁the ▁Joh anne um ▁and ▁the ▁Akadem isches ▁G ymnasium ▁of ▁Hamburg . ▁Like ▁his ▁father ▁he ▁studied ▁medicine , ▁but ▁afterwards ▁history , ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Edinburgh . ▁He ▁continued ▁to ▁study ▁history ▁in ▁London , ▁at ▁Frederick ▁William ▁University ▁of ▁Berlin ▁and ▁at ▁Gött ingen , ▁where ▁he ▁graduated ▁as ▁doctor ▁of ▁laws ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 6 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 2 0 ▁he ▁was ▁sent ▁by ▁the ▁Hamburg ▁sen ate ▁as ▁Minister ▁Res ident ▁to ▁the ▁Pr uss ian ▁court ▁in ▁Berlin . ▁In ▁ 1 8 2 3 ▁he ▁became ▁ke eper ▁of ▁the ▁Hamburg ▁arch ives . ▁In ▁this ▁office , ▁he ▁had ▁the ▁full est ▁opportun ities ▁for ▁the ▁labor ious ▁and ▁critical ▁research ▁work ▁upon ▁which ▁rest s ▁his ▁reputation . ▁He ▁was ▁in ▁this ▁office ▁until ▁ 1 8 6 3 , ▁when ▁a ▁serious ▁eye ▁problem ▁comp elled ▁him ▁to ▁res ign . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 0 ▁he ▁represented ▁Hamburg ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁parliament ▁at ▁Frankfurt , ▁and ▁he ▁died ▁at ▁Hamburg . ▁ ▁Works ▁L appen berg ' s ▁most ▁important ▁work ▁is ▁his ▁Geschichte ▁von ▁England , ▁which ▁de als ▁with ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁England ▁from ▁the ▁earliest ▁times ▁to ▁ 1 1 5