Conrad Gray

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Conrad Grau (born July 6, 1932 in Magdeburg , † April 18, 2000 in Bad Freienwalde ) was a German Eastern European historian and science historian .

Life

Grau attended high school in Magdeburg and passed the Abitur there . From 1952 he began studying history with a specialization in the history of the peoples of the USSR at the Humboldt University in Berlin , which he was able to complete in 1956 with a diploma . Eduard Winter , head of the Institute for the History of the Peoples of the USSR at Humboldt University , had a great influence on him . Grau later became a close associate and confidante of Winter.

In 1960 , Grau received his doctorate from the philosophical faculty of the Humboldt University with a dissertation on the Russian statesman and scientist Wassili Tatishchev as Dr. phil. The work was published in 1963 with the title The economic organizer, statesman and scientist Vasilij N. Tatiščev (1686-1750) as the 13th volume in the series Sources and Studies on the History of Eastern Europe in the Akademie-Verlag . Just six years later he completed his habilitation at the Humboldt University with the habilitation thesis Petrinische Kultur -politische Aspende and their influence on the shaping of German-Russian scientific relations in the first third of the 18th century . The work on the reforms of Tsar Peter the Great and their effects remained unprinted because it was too extensive for the Akademie-Verlag. It should be cut in half for publication. However, Grau later published essential parts as essays in specialist periodicals. From 1968 he was a member of the editorial board of the series of sources and studies on the history of Eastern Europe , which was directed by Eduard Winter.

In 1972, Grau became a member of the newly created working group for academy history in the Academy of Sciences of the GDR . In 1982, after the death of Leo Stern , he was appointed head of the working group, which he held until his retirement. In 1977 he was awarded the Leibniz Silver Medal for his services . From 1980 to 1985 he was editor-in-chief of the yearbook for the history of the socialist countries of Europe and remained a member of the editorial team until the yearbook was closed in 1989. With German reunification and the re-establishment of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in 1992, Grau was appointed head of the history of science / academy history department. In 1997 he retired.

Conrad Gray committed on 18 April 2000, at the age of 67 years, in Bad Freienwalde suicide . He was buried on May 3, 2000 in the cemetery in Waldsieversdorf , the funeral speech was given by his colleague Hubert Laitko . Conrad Grau was married to his former secretary Barbara Grau, they had two sons and a daughter. In his will, he determined that his written estate should be transferred to the archive of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. The archive unit with a term from 1952 to 2000 is about 12 running meters .

Conrad Grau was the author , editor and reviewer of over 350 specialist publications as well as the translator of numerous writings from Russian, most of which appeared in the journal Soviet Science. Social science articles published. In honor of his 70th birthday, the Commission for the History of Academies and Science of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin , of which Grau had been a member since 1994, held its first colloquium on the history of science in May 2003 .

Publications (selection)

author

  • The economic organizer, statesman and scientist Vasilij N. Tatiščev (1686–1750). ( Dissertation ), Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1963.
  • Petrine cultural-political endeavors and their influence on the shaping of German-Russian scientific relations in the first third of the 18th century. ( Habilitation thesis ), Berlin 1966.
  • The Berlin Academy of Sciences in the era of imperialism.
    • Part 1: From the 1890s to the Great October Socialist Revolution. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1975.
    • Part 3: The years of the fascist dictatorship 1933 to 1945. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1979.
  • Berlin, Französische Strasse. In the footsteps of the Huguenots. ( Illustrated historical booklets , No. 46), Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-326-00213-0 .
  • Famous science academies. About their creation and their worldwide success. Edition Leipzig, Leipzig 1988, ISBN 3-361-00147-1 .
  • The Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. A German learned society in three centuries. Spektrum / Akademie Verlag, Heidelberg; Berlin; Oxford 1993, ISBN 3-86025-088-4 .

Editor and editor

  • East and West in the history of thought and cultural relations. Festschrift for Eduard Winter on his 70th birthday. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1966.
  • Science organization and effectiveness. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1971.
  • Directing science. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1974.
  • Allies in research. Traditions of German-Soviet scientific relations and scientific cooperation between the Academies of Sciences of the USSR and the Sciences of the GDR. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1976.
  • History of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1981.
  • Ewald Friedrich Count of Hertzberg. September 2, 1725 - May 27, 1795. Kulturstiftung Schloss Britz, Berlin 1995.
  • German-Russian Relations in the 18th Century. Culture, science and diplomacy. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 978-3-447-03929-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Gray, Conrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Eastern European historian and science historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 2000
Place of death Bad Freienwalde