Adolf Buff
Adolf Buff (born September 1, 1838 in Gießen , † August 30, 1901 in Augsburg ) was a German educator and archivist.
Life
Adolf Buff was born as the eldest son of the physicist and chemist Heinrich Buff . After attending grammar school in Giessen, he studied literature and history at the Ludwigsuniversität Giessen and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In 1858 he became a member of the Corps Hassia Gießen . In the same year he joined the Corps Rhenania Bonn .
After completing his studies, Buff went to London in 1862, where, on the recommendation of August Wilhelm von Hofmann, he became tutor of Prince Leopold of Great Britain , the youngest son of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . In London he devoted himself to literary, historical and economic studies. At the invitation of Justus von Liebig , he went to Munich at the university in 1868 where he became Dr. phil. received his doctorate. In 1871 he became the teacher of the Prussian princes Wilhelm and Heinrich in Berlin and accompanied the German crown prince couple Victoria and Friedrich Wilhelm on a trip to England.
In 1875 Buff was appointed to the archives council and board member of the Augsburg City Archives , whose holdings he fundamentally reorganized. He published numerous historical and art-historical writings and had been a member of the editorial team of the magazine of the Historisches Verein für Schwaben and Neuburg since 1876 .
Buff had been married to Eugenie Hohenadel since 1876. They had a son. Charlotte Buff , the role model for Lotte in Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther , was his great-aunt.
Fonts
- Crimes and criminals in Augsburg in the 2nd half of the 14th century . In: Journal of the Historical Association for Swabia and Neuburg . tape 4 , 1877, ZDB -ID 958221-6 , p. 160-231 .
- Wendel Dietrich . Documentary records of his life and activity . In: Journal of the Historical Association for Swabia and Neuburg . tape 15 , 1888, ZDB -ID 958221-6 , p. 89-149 .
- The pharmacist Claus Hofmair , the 14th century Augsburg pharmacist, and Magister Ulrich Hofmair, protonotary of Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian . In: Journal of the Historical Association for Swabia and Neuburg . tape 16 , 1889, ZDB -ID 958221-6 , p. 161-204 ( online edition ).
- Mozart's Augsburg ancestors . In: Journal of the Historical Association for Swabia and Neuburg . tape 18 , 1891, ZDB -ID 958221-6 , p. 1-36 .
- Augsburg in the Renaissance period. 1893.
- Old Augsburg. 1898.
- An episode from the history of art and industry in the second half of the 18th century , in: Der Collector , Heft 122, Munich 1900, pp. 2–4.
literature
- Buff, Adolf. In: German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd edition, edited by Rudolf Vierhaus , Volume 2, Munich 2005, p. 200 digitized
- 600. † Buff, Adolf. In: Matriculation of the Bonner Rhenania 1820 1970. 1970, p. 115, Volume 4 of the blue books of the Bonner Rhenania
Web links
- Buff, Adolf at www.stadtlexikon-augsburg.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buff, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator and archivist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | to water |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1901 |
| Place of death | augsburg |