Albert Becker (historian)

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Albert Becker (born September 16, 1879 in Speyer , † November 21, 1957 in Heidelberg ) was a German historian and folklorist.

Becker attended grammar school in Speyer, studied in Heidelberg and Munich, and received his doctorate in 1903. phil. From 1903 to 1907 he worked as a grammar school assistant at the humanistic grammar school in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , from 1908 to 1934 at the grammar school in Zweibrücken , most recently as senior director.

Becker is considered to be the founder of scientific folklore in the Palatinate. He was an honorary member of the "Palatinate Society for the Promotion of Science", the "Palatinate Church History Association" and the "Historical Association of the Palatinate". He was awarded the Royal Bavarian King Ludwig Medal for Science and Art (1917), the Knight's Cross First Class of the Royal Württemberg Order of Frederick and the Bene Merenti Medal of the University of Würzburg (1927).

Works

  • Pseudo-Quintilianea. Symbolae ad Quintiliani quae ferentur declamationes XIX maiores. Waldkirch, Ludwigshafen 1904 (Munich, Univ., Diss. 1904).
  • Schiller and the Palatinate. Program of the K. Humanist High School Ludwigshafen a. Rhine 1906/07. Waldkirch, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, 1907. ( Contributions to the local history of the Palatinate. 1.) (Online)
  • Palatinate Folklore (= Folklore Rhenish Landscapes. Vol. 2, ZDB -ID 1117253-8 ). Schroeder, Bonn et al. 1925 (Unchanged reprint. Weidlich, Frankfurt am Main 1979, ISBN 3-8035-1028-7 ).
  • Hambach and Pirmasens. A contribution to the history of the Hambach Festival (= contributions to the local history of the Palatinate. H. 8, ZDB -ID 539842-3 ). Ad. Deil, Pirmasens 1928.
  • JGA Wirth in prison. Letters from a Hambach patriot. For the 100th anniversary of the Hambach Festival 1832 - May 27, 1932. Liesenberg, Neustadt an der Haardt 1932 (special print from: Das Hambacher Schloß. ZDB -ID 2274692-4 ).
  • Bänkelsang in the Palatinate on the Rhine . In: Folklore gifts. John Meier offered on his seventieth birthday , Berlin: de Gruyter 1934, pp. 16–24.
  • Easter egg and Easter bunny. About the customs of the German Easter period. Diederichs, Jena 1937

literature

  • Victor Carl: Lexicon of the Palatinate Personalities. Hennig, Edenkoben 1995, ISBN 3-9804668-0-9 , p. 37.

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personal data
SURNAME Becker, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Speyer
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1957
Place of death Heidelberg