Wilhelm Soltau

Georg Carsten Wilhelm Soltau (born 17 August 1846 in Hamburg, Germany; died 2 January 1924 in Ilshofen near Schwäbisch Hall, Germany), known as Wilhelm Soltau was a German classical philologist, historiographer (historian), chronologist. Dissertation at Bonn (Germany), 1870: “De fontibus Plutarchi in secundo bello Punico enarrando”. Professor at the secondary school (sometimes called "University") at Zabern (Alsace). Married on 21 July 1891 at Straßburg (Alsace) Gertrud Nöldeke (1867-1942), daughter of Theodor Eduard Bernhard Franz Nöldeke (1836-1930) and Sophie Cornelia Katharina Johanne Harries (1844-1916). Five children: Anna Sophie Agathe Soltau (1892), Gustav Karsten Theodor Eduard Soltau (1893), Margarete Marie Christiane Dora Gertrud Soltau (1895), Arnold Bernhard Erwin Wilhelm Soltau (1896-1917) and Bernhard Soltau (1900-1961).

Not to be confused with author und translator Dietrich Wilhelm Soltau from Hamburg.