Friedrich von Hellwald (29 March 1842 – 1 November 1892) was an Austrian writer on geography and the history of civilization.
Biography
He was born on 29 March 1842 in Padua, Austrian Empire. He entered the Austrian Army in 1858, and was a lieutenant of cavalry (1866) in the war with Prussia. In 1866, he became an editor of the Austrian military magazine, Österreichische Militärische Zeitschrift. In 1872, he moved from Vienna to Cannstatt, where he succeeded Oscar Peschel as chief editor of Das Ausland. In this capacity, he emphasized subjects associated with anthropology and the history of civilization. In 1881, he resigned as editor of Das Ausland. He died in Cannstatt on 1 November 1892.
