Erich von Rath

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Erich von Rath

Erich von Rath (born June 12, 1881 in Krefeld , † August 31, 1948 in Bonn ) was a German librarian and university professor.

Life

After graduating from high school in Krefeld, Erich von Rath first studied law, political science and history at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In 1900 he became a member of the Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg . As an inactive he moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . After completing his studies, he was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD.

He began his professional career in 1906 as a volunteer at the Royal Library in Berlin . In 1910 he got a job as a librarian there. During the First World War, he took part as a reserve officer on the Eastern and Western Fronts. After being seriously wounded, he retired from military service in 1916. In 1917 he was appointed director of the library of the Imperial Court in Leipzig. In 1921 he was appointed director of the Bonn University Library . The University of Bonn appointed him honorary professor and later university professor.

His scientific work was incunabula research . He was chairman of the commission for the complete catalogs of incandescent prints.

Awards

Fonts

  • The emergency ordinance law of the Prussian state and German state law , 1904
  • Catalog of the first exhibition of the Maximilian Society , 1913
  • The Printers of Buyers Edition of the Works of Bartolus from 1482: A Contribution to the Printing History of Lyons , 1913
  • Ernst Voullième as an incunabula researcher: a list of his work compiled for his sixtieth birthday , 1922
  • Tasks of weighing pressure research , 1925
  • Early prints from the Victor von Klemperer library , 1927 (together with Konrad Haebler )
  • 15th Century Book Printing - A Bibliographical Overview , 1929 (together with Kurt Ohly )
  • On the copper engraving illustration of the fifteenth century , 1929
  • The printing of France and French-speaking Switzerland, Spain and Portugal , 1929
  • The printing of England and the Nordic countries , 1929
  • The printing of the Slavic countries and Hungary , 1929
  • The printing of the Netherlands (Holland and Belgium) , 1930
  • The German university libraries , 1930
  • The letterpress of Germany, German Switzerland and Austria , 1931
  • Book printing and book illustration up to 1600 , 1931
  • The research tasks of the libraries , 1931
  • On the development of the Prussian university libraries over the past 100 years , 1933
  • The coat of arms of the Breviarium Misnense from 1485: A contribution to the history of copperplate illustration in the 15th century , 1935
  • The story of the knight Peter Diemringer von Staufenberg, printed by Johann Prüss in Strasbourg around 1483 , 1934
  • The writings of Konrad Haebler , 1937 (together with Wieland Schmidt)
  • On the five hundredth anniversary of the invention of the printing press , 1940 (together with Kurt Ohly and Carl Wehmer )
  • Studies on the history of printing and bibliography , 1945

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 64 , 925. The spelling "vom Rath" there is incorrect according to information from the Krefeld City Archives.
  2. ↑ Dissertation: The emergency ordinance law of the Prussian state and German state law .
  3. ↑ Honorary Citizens and Honorary Senators of the University of Cologne 1925–2004 (PDF; 481 kB) at www.uniarchiv.uni-koeln.de
personal data
SURNAME Rath, Erich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1948
Place of death Bonn