Albert Daiber

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Albert Daiber (born September 26, 1857 in Cannstatt , † August 12, 1928 in Santiago de Chile ) was a German chemist , doctor and writer who also wrote utopian novels .

Origin, education, early occupational activity

Daiber was the son of the principal of the Cannstatter Realschule . He studied pharmacy in Zurich and received his doctorate in 1889. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Zurich, but decided in 1897 to study medicine , which he completed in 1900. His first marriage was to Marie Louise von Appenzeller, who, however, died before 1900.

South Seas travel, literary activity

In 1900 he embarked on a South Seas voyage that took him to Australia and the German colonies of New Guinea , Carolines and Mariana Islands . Apparently he was accompanied by his second wife, Hildegard Heyne. He published his travel experiences in 1902 with Teubner in Leipzig under the title Eine Australien- und Südseefahrt .

In 1905 he published his first utopian novel, Anno 2222. A dream for the future . In 1909 he emigrated to Chile and worked as a doctor in Puerto Octay in the south of the country. In 1910 the first part of his utopian novel Die Weltensegler , Three Years on Mars , was published, followed in 1914 by the second part, From Mars to Earth . Presumably, the two novels, which have a pacifist tendency , served as a template for the Danish science fiction film The Sky Ship in 1917/18 .

Daiber continued to work as a doctor in Chile and died on August 12, 1928 in the Chilean capital Santiago de Chile.

Works (selection)

  • Die Weltensegler , Part 1: Three Years on Mars , Stuttgart 1910, Part 2: From Mars to Earth , Stuttgart 1914, Reprint Lüneburg (Dieter von Reeken Verlag) 2004.
  • Microscopy of the urine sediments: with 130 images on 65 plates Wiesbaden, 2nd revised a. Probably ed. 1906. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

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personal data
SURNAME Daiber, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist, doctor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Cannstatt
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1928
Place of death Santiago de Chile