Adam Pfaff

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Johann Adam Pfaff (born March 1, 1820 in Cassel , † January 23, 1886 in Karlsruhe ) was a German-Swiss historian , journalist , high school teacher and publicist .

Life

The son of a gunsmith attended schools in Kassel. From 1843 he studied philology , philosophy and history at the Philipps University of Marburg and in 1848 he passed the state examination for teachers at learned schools. In the same year he received his doctorate . Pfaff was a supporter of the " small German solution " and worked in 1848/49 as an editor at the Neue Hessische Zeitung founded by Friedrich Oetker in Cassel . In 1850 he fled to Braunschweig , where he wrote for the Deutsche Reichs-Zeitung . From autumn 1851 he worked as a freelance writer and journalist in exile in Brussels .

From the spring of 1855 Pfaff taught history and geography at the canton high school in Schaffhausen, and from 1857 also Swiss constitutional law . At the same time he worked as editor of the daily newspaper for the canton of Schaffhausen and as a correspondent for the Hessische Morgenzeitung . In 1862 Pfaff was naturalized in Schaffhausen. In the same year he married Maria Catharina Freuler, daughter of Johann Jakob Freuler, the founder and first chief physician of the Schaffhausen Hospital. In 1864 the wife died shortly after the birth of their daughter Maria (1864–1931).

In 1878 he became a full professor of history at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic . A year later he became an honorary member of the Teutonia fraternity there .

Pfaff wrote u. a. a German story (4 vols., 1853–1864).

Fonts

  • Antiquitatum Homericarum particula. Fischer, Cassel 1848 (dissertation, University of Marburg, 1848; digitized ).
  • The tragedy in Kurhessen: A contribution to the history of our days. Westermann, Braunschweig 1851 ( digitized version ).
  • German history from the oldest times to the present. 3 volumes. Westermann, Braunschweig 1853–1856.
    • New edition: German history from the oldest times to the time of the Thirty Years' War. 4 volumes. Westermann, Braunschweig 1864 (digital copies: 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4 ).
  • The constitutional law of the old Confederation up to the 16th century. Hurter, Schaffhausen 1870 ( digitized version ).
  • La grande nation in its speeches and deeds from the beginning to the end of the war compared with the speeches and deeds of the German people. 3 departments. Kay, Cassel 1871/72 (digital copies: 1 ; 2 ; 3 ).
  • Heinrich Moser : A picture of life. With Moser's portrait and a plan of the Schaffhausen commercial buildings on the Rhine. Brodtmann, Schaffhausen 1875.
  • In memory of Friedrich Ötker. Perthes, Gotha 1883.

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SURNAME Pfaff, Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pfaff, Johann Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss historian, journalist, high school teacher and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1886
Place of death Karlsruhe