Johann Georg von Hahn

Hahn's Ethnographic map of Bulgar Morava Valley, 1861.

Johann Georg von Hahn (born 11 July 1811 in Frankfurt am Main; died 23 September 1869 in Jena) was an Austrian diplomat, philologist and specialist in Albanian history, language and culture.

In 1847, Hahn was named Austrian consul in Ioannina. He was transferred to Syros in 1851, and from 1869 was the consul-general in Athens. He is considered the founder of Albanian studies. He assembled and published source materials on Albanian language and culture, learned the Albanian language and demonstrated its membership in the Indo-European family of language.

References

His published works:

• "Albanesische Studien", Bd. 1-3, Jena 1854, reprint Dion.Karavias, Athen 1981
• Reise von Belgrad nach Salonik. Von J. G. v. Hahn, K. K. Consul für östliche Griechenland. Wien 1861, Mit 2 Karten
• "Griechische und albanesische Märchen", Bd. 1-2, Leipzig 1864, München/Berlin 1918
• "Reise durch die Gebiete von Drin und Wardar", Wien 1867

Books about him:

• Gerhard Grimm, "Johann Georg von Hahn (1811-1869) - Leben und Werk", Wiesbaden 1964

• This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the German-language wikipedia.