Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer
German Tyrolean traveller · Writers · Lived 1790 to 1861 · aged 70
Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer was a German Tyrolean traveller, journalist, politician and historian, best known for his discontinuity theory concerning the racial origins of the Greeks, and for his travel writings.
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Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer, by Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl c. 1860
Portrait of Fallmerayer, in the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities![The genetic legacy of the Slavic expansion per Gretzinger et al. (2025), presented with black in circles on figure b);[18] while its estimated impact among the European populations is on the scheme a) where results about the Greeks from Thessaloniki, Athens and Crete are provided.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Gretzinger_et_al._2025_-_The_genetic_legacy_of_the_Slavic_expansion.webp/1280px-Gretzinger_et_al._2025_-_The_genetic_legacy_of_the_Slavic_expansion.webp.png)
The genetic legacy of the Slavic expansion per Gretzinger et al. (2025), presented with black in circles on figure b);[18] while its estimated impact among the European populations is on the scheme a) where results about the Greeks from Thessaloniki, Athens and Crete are provided.
Historical contribution of donor source groups in European peoples according to Hellenthal et al., (2014). Polish is selected to represent Slavic-speaking donor groups from the Middle Ages that are estimated to make up 97% of the ancestry in Belarusians, 80% in Russians, 55% in Bulgarians, 54% in Hungarians, 48% in Romanians, 46% in Chuvash and 30% in Greeks.
Inscription from Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer inside the Great Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt
Fallmerayer's sketch (1841) of the founding document of the Dionysiou monastery, Mount Athos, with portraits of Emperor Alexios III of Trebizond and Empress Theodora
Fallmerayer's tombstone, Alter Südfriedhof, MunichAbout this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1790 to 1861 · aged 70
