Erich Bethe
Erich Julius Adolf Bethe (born May 2, 1863 in Stettin , † October 19, 1940 in Leipzig ) was a German classical philologist .
Life
Erich Bethe was a son of the Szczecin doctor Eduard Bethe (* 1828; † 1910) and his wife Marie Gerstaecker (* 1830; † 1917) from Berlin, a niece of the travel writer Friedrich Gerstäcker . His brother Martin Bethe became a doctor and also worked as a genealogist, his brother Albrecht Bethe became a professor of physiology.
Bethe studied classical philology, history and archeology in Greifswald and Göttingen , where he received his doctorate in 1887 under Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff . He then continued his studies in Bonn (with Georg Loeschcke ), where he completed his habilitation in 1891 . After three years as a private lecturer in Bonn and extensive travels in the Mediterranean region, he married the painter Margarete Loewe in 1894 and went to Rostock University as an associate professor . In 1897 Bethe moved to Basel as a full professor , and in 1903 to Giessen . In 1906 he accepted an appointment at the University of Leipzig , where he taught and researched until his retirement in 1931. In the academic year 1927/1928 he was rector of the university.
After the transfer of power , Bethe signed on November 11, 1933, the professors' commitment to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist state at German universities and colleges .
literature
- Erich Burck : Leipzig 1921–1925: Richard Heinze (1867–1929), Alfred Körte (1866–1946), Erich Bethe (1863–1940) . In: Eikasmós . Volume 4, 1993, pp. 61-70.
- Otto Kern : Erich Bethe † . In: Gnomon . Volume 17 (1941), pp. 142-144
- Herbert Helbig : Bethe, Erich Julius Adolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 185 ( digitized version ).
- Genealogical Handbook of Bourgeois Families, Volume Thirteen, 1907, p.98
Web links
- Literature by and about Erich Bethe in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Erich Bethe in the state bibliography MV
- Erich Bethe in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- Overview of Erich Bethe's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1906 to summer semester 1914)
- Entry on Erich Bethe in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
Individual evidence
- ^ Tomb of the painter Margarete Loewe-Bethe accessed on January 27, 2017
- ↑ Bethe, Erich , biography in the portal kulturportal-west-ost.eu , accessed on June 29, 2017
- ^ Original scan of the election call for Hitler's policy, Nov. 1933. EB: p. 135, column "Individual Scientists", left column. Appeal text in 5 languages beforehand
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bethe, Erich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bethe, Erich Julius Adolf (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1863 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1940 |
Place of death | Leipzig |