Adolph Phillips

Adolph Phillips (born February 9, 1845 in Elbing ; † January 20, 1886 in Berlin ) was a German journalist and left-wing liberal politician .

Life

Phillips was the son of the Lord Mayor of Elbing, Adolph Phillips' the Elder, of the same name . He studied philology and graduated as Dr. phil. from. During his studies he became a member of the Teutonia Jena fraternity in 1863 . He then worked as a journalist in Berlin. From 1884 to 1886 Phillips was editor-in-chief of the Volks-Zeitung .

Politically left-wing liberal, he was one of the founders of the Free Association of the Progressive Party in Berlin in 1879 . As a representative of the left wing of the Progress Party, he was positive about cooperation with the Social Democrats. Between 1881 and 1884 he was a member of the Reichstag for the Progressive Party . In 1884 Phillips rejected the merger of the Progress Party with the Liberal Association to form the German Freisinnige Party . Together with Julius Lenzmann in particular , he then founded the Democratic Party . He was also co-editor of the Democratic papers .

The lawyer Georg Phillips (1804–1872) was his uncle.

literature

Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 8: Supplement L – Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8253-6051-1 , p. 144.

Web links

Short biography of the Berlin State Library

Individual evidence

↑ Member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg , Kösener Korps-Lists 1910, 120 , 141
^ Stenographic reports on the negotiations of the Reichstag. 5th legislative period, 1st session 1881/82. Berlin 1882, p. XLIII ( digitized version ). Stenographic reports on the negotiations of the Reichstag. 5th legislative period, II. Session 1882/83. 1. Volume, Berlin 1883, p. LXXIV ( digitized version ). Stenographic reports on the negotiations of the Reichstag. 5th legislative period, III. Session 1883. Berlin 1883, p. 166 ( digitized version ). Stenographic reports on the negotiations of the Reichstag. 5th legislative period, 4th session 1884. Volume 3, Berlin 1884, p. 34 ( digitized version )
↑ Andreas Thier: Phillips, George. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 401 f. ( Digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Phillips, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Phillips, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist and politician (DFP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	February 9, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH	Elblag
DATE OF DEATH	January 20, 1886
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg , Kösener Korps-Lists 1910, 120 , 141

[2] Stenographic reports on the negotiations of the Reichstag. 5th legislative period, 1st session 1881/82. Berlin 1882, p. XLIII ( digitized version ). Stenographic reports on the negotiations of the Reichstag. 5th legislative period, II. Session 1882/83. 1. Volume, Berlin 1883, p. LXXIV ( digitized version ). Stenographic reports on the negotiations of the Reichstag. 5th legislative period, III. Session 1883. Berlin 1883, p. 166 ( digitized version ). Stenographic reports on the negotiations of the Reichstag. 5th legislative period, 4th session 1884. Volume 3, Berlin 1884, p. 34 ( digitized version )

[3] Andreas Thier: Phillips, George. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 401 f. ( Digitized version ).