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Born | 21 April 1959 (age 64) |
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Occupation | Historian, university teacher |
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Axel Gotthard (born 21 April 1959) is a German historian of modern age and university teacher.
Gotthard was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd. He studied at the University of Würzburg and the University of Tübingen. He works at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as university teacher. [1]
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