Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg

Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg (8 July 1839, in Vienna – 27 May 1899) was an Austrian historian. He studied history at the university of Vienna, receiving his PhD in 1862. In 1865 became a professor of history at the university of Lemberg, and in 1871 relocated as a professor to Innsbruck. In 1872 he was appointed professor at the university of Vienna, and here he was a tutor of history to the crown prince Rudolph. In 1892 he was named director of the Vienna institute for historical research, and in 1896 director of the imperial court library at Vienna. He resigned his professorial chair at Vienna in 1897.