DROYSEN, droi'zen. •onvxx ( PON •44 I. A German historian, barn at Ile studied in Berlin and became p•ivatdocent there in ts33, proie,,Or extraordinary in 1835. In Lsiu he accepted a call to the C'niversity of Kiel. and thenceforth took a prominent part hi the Schleswig•Holstein dispute with Denmark as an upholder of the 1:erman claims. Sent as a representative from Kiel to the Diet of Frank fort. he was subsequently n memher of the Frank fort Parliament. In 1851 he was appointed pro fessor of history at Jena, where he founded the historical seminar, and in IS:39 was called again to Berlin, where he achieved a reputation as one of the greatest 1:erman historians 14 the century. Ile died in Berlin. (If his numerous works, the following are the most important: Geschiehte Alexi:infers des Grosser, ( Berl in, I S:13 ; Oe sehichto des Hellenismus (Hamburg, 1836-42) ; der prcussisch en l'olit ik ( 14 vols.,
Leipzig. 1855-85) ; Grandzage der Historik (Leip zig. 187111. For his life, consult : Duncker, Johann Gustav Droysen (Berlin, I885), and a biograph ical sketch by Kruger in his Outlines of the Prin ciples of History, trans. by E. P. Andrews (Bos ton• 1893).
DROZ, •1r4. FaAxcots XaVIER JOSEPH (1773 1850). A French moralist and historian. lie served for some years in the army, but after wards was appointed to the chair of oratory at the Eeole Centrale de Besanon. lie soon at tracted attention as a writer on philosophical subjects, and especially as the author of an Essai sur Part in'tre heurcux (1801). ills Phi losophic morale I1S23) gave him a place in the Academy. llis greatest work is Whistoi•e Ju refine de Louis X17. pendant less annl'es of Pon pou•ait pre oir et diriger is rholution franfaise (1s39-42).