Clemens Baeumker

Clemens Baeumker (born September 16, 1853 in Paderborn , † October 7, 1924 in Munich ) was a German Roman Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy.

Life

Honor roll at the Theodorianum high school in Paderborn: Left side: Second from below: Clemens Baeumker

Clemens Baeumker passed his Abitur in 1872 at the Theodorianum high school in Paderborn and then studied philosophy, theology and philology at the University of Paderborn and later at the University of Münster . From 1879 he worked as a teacher in Münster. Since Georg von Hertling had campaigned for him, he was able to take over the chair of philosophy at the University of Breslau in 1883 . In 1900 he was appointed to the University of Bonn . In 1903 he took over the chair from Wilhelm Windelband at the University of Strasbourg . From 1912 he taught in Munich as the successor to Georg von Hertling.

In 1891, Baeumker founded the series of publications, Contributions to the History of Medieval Philosophy (from 1928/1930, Contributions to the History of Philosophy and Theology of the Middle Ages ).

Honors

In 1913 Baeumker was accepted as a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . From 1915 he was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . He was an honorary member of the Catholic student associations Unitas Breslau, Arminia Bonn and Ottonia Munich, all in the KV .

Publications

The problem of matter in Greek philosophy . 1890.
The European philosophy of the Middle Ages . 1909.
Roger Bacon's natural philosophy . 1916.
The Platonism in the Middle Ages . 1916.

literature

Martin Grabmann : Baeumker, Clemens. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 533 f. ( Digitized version ).
Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : BAEUMKER, Clemens. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 343. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

Individual evidence

^ Member entry by Clemens Baeumker at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on December 18, 2016.
^ Members of the previous academies. Clemens Baeumker. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on February 17, 2015 .

Web links

Wikisource: Clemens Baeumker - Sources and full texts

Literature by and about Clemens Baeumker in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Baeumker, Clemens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy
DATE OF BIRTH	September 16, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paderborn
DATE OF DEATH	October 7, 1924
Place of death	Munich

[1] Member entry by Clemens Baeumker at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on December 18, 2016.

[2] Members of the previous academies. Clemens Baeumker. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on February 17, 2015 .