Anton Pieper

Anton Pieper (born March 20, 1854 in Lüdinghausen ; † December 24, 1908 in Münster ) was a German church historian and rector of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster.

Life

Anton Pieper was born in Lüdinghausen, Westphalia , in 1854 . In 1874 he passed his Abitur at the Paulinum grammar school in Münster and studied theology in Münster and Innsbruck from 1874 to 1878 . He was ordained a priest in Innsbruck on July 28, 1878 . On 8 July 1883 he was at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg in Freiburg for Dr. theol. PhD .

Pieper worked at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster from 1896 until his death in 1908; initially as an associate professor, from 1899 as a full professor of church history. 1906/07 he was rector, 1907/08 prorector of the university. In 1896 he was elected a full member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia , whose secretary he became that same year. Between 1899 and 1905 he served as deputy chairman of the commission. During his tenure in 1902 he summarized the history of the university in his work “ The old University of Münster, 1773–1818: A historical overview. "And was responsible for the publication of a second association magazine" Westphalia "(long:" Messages from the Association for History and Archeology of Westphalia and the State Museum of the Province of Westphalia "), the first edition of which appeared shortly after his sudden death.

Publications (selection)

The papal legates and nuncios in Germany, France and Spain. 1897.
The old University of Münster, 1773-1818: A historical overview. 1902.

Web links

Short biography with list of publications (University of Münster)
Prof. Dr. Anton Pieper at the Historical Commission for Westphalia
Literature by and about Anton Pieper in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ LWL
^ Eduard Hegel : History of the Catholic-Theological Faculty of Münster 1773-1964. (Münster contributions to theology 30.2). Volume 2, Münster 1971, p. 62 ( online excerpt ).
^ History of the University of Münster. Rectors and Vice Rectors since 1902. Website of the WWU Münster . Retrieved June 9, 2016.
^ Alfred Hartlieb von Wallthor : The Münster Department 1825-1924. In: One hundred and fifty years of the Association for the History and Antiquity of Westphalia ( online ). P. 25.

predecessor	Office	successor
Reinhold von Lilienthal	Rector of the University of Münster 1920–1921	Georg Erler

personal data
SURNAME	Pieper, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German church historian
DATE OF BIRTH	March 20, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ludinghausen
DATE OF DEATH	December 24, 1908
Place of death	Muenster

[1] LWL

[hegel-2] Eduard Hegel : History of the Catholic-Theological Faculty of Münster 1773-1964. (Münster contributions to theology 30.2). Volume 2, Münster 1971, p. 62 ( online excerpt ).

[wwu-3] History of the University of Münster. Rectors and Vice Rectors since 1902. Website of the WWU Münster . Retrieved June 9, 2016.

[wallthor-4] Alfred Hartlieb von Wallthor : The Münster Department 1825-1924. In: One hundred and fifty years of the Association for the History and Antiquity of Westphalia ( online ). P. 25.