Background
Johann Martin Lappenberg was born at Hamburg, where his father, Valentin Anton Lappenberg (1759–1819), held an official position.
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Johann Martin Lappenberg was born at Hamburg, where his father, Valentin Anton Lappenberg (1759–1819), held an official position.
Johann Martin Lappenberg attended the Johanneum and the Akademisches Gymnasium of Hamburg. He continued to study history in London, at Frederick William University of Berlin and at Göttingen, where he graduated as doctor of laws in 1816.
In 1820 Johann Martin Lappenberg was sent by the Hamburg senate as minister resident to the Prussian court in Berlin. In 1823 he became keeper of the Hamburg archives. In this office, he had the fullest opportunities for the laborious and critical research work upon which rests his reputation.
Johann Martin Lappenberg was in this office until 1863, when a serious eye problem compelled him to resign. In 1850 he represented Hamburg in the German parliament at Frankfurt, and he died at Hamburg.
Russian Academy of Sciences.