DAHN, JULIUS SOPHUS FELIX German historian, jurist and poet, was born on Feb. 9, 1834, in Hamburg, where his father, Friedrich Dahn (1811-89), was a leading actor at the city theatre. His mother, Constance Dahn, née Le Gay, was a noted actress. In 1834 the family moved to Munich. Felix Dahn studied law and philosophy in Munich and Berlin from 1849 to 1853. His first works were in jurisprudence, Uber die Wirkung der Klagverjdhrung bei Obligationen (Munich, 1855), and Studien zur Geschichte der germanischen Gottesurteile (Munich, 1857). In 1857 he became docent in German law at Munich university, and in 1862 professor-extraordinary, but in 1863 was called to W iirzburg to a full professorship. In 1872 he removed to the Uni versity of Konigsberg, and in 1888 settled at Breslau, becoming rector of the university in 1895. Meanwhile in addition to many legal works of high standing, he had begun the publication of a long series of histories and historical romances. His chief histories, besides many monographs and shorter works, were Die Konige der Germanen (vols. i.–vi., Munich and Wiirzburg, 1861-7o, vols. vii.– xi., Leipzig, 1894-1908) ; Die Urgescliichte der germanisclien and romanischen Volker (1881-9o) and Geschichte der deutsclien Urzeit (Gotha, 1883-88), all of which combine a wealth of learn ing and critical skill with great imaginative insight. Many of his essays were collected in the series of Bausteine (6 vols., His historical romances, although immensely popular, have less enduring value. The best known are Ein Kampf urn Rom. (4 vols., 1876) ; Odhins Trost 0880; Die Kreuzf ahrer (1884) ; Bis zum Tode getreu (188 7) ; Odhins Rache (1891) ; Julian der Abtrunnige (1894). Dahn also published some poetry. His wife Therese, née Freiin von Droste-Hiilshoff, was joint-author with him of Walliall, Germanische Gotter and Heldensagen (Leipzig, 1898). Dahn's fictional work, prose and verse, was published in a collected edition (21 vols., 1898 and 1901). Dahn also published four volumes of memoirs, Erinnerungen (Leipzig, 189o-95).