Johann Gottlob Böhme

Johann Gottlob Böhme (20 March 1717 in Wurzen – 20 June 1780 in Leipzig) was a German historian.

In 1747 he acquired his magister degree at Leipzig, where four years later he became an associate professor at the faculty of philosophy.

In 1758 he succeeded Christian Gottlieb Jöcher as professor of history at the university.

[3] In 1875, the thoroughfare Böhmestraße in Gohlis (today part of Leipzig) was named in his honor.

[4] In 1763–65 he published a highly regarded work on the Peace of Oliva (1660), titled Acta pacis Oliviensis inedita (2 volumes).