Ernst Albert Fabarius

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Monument to Fabarius in the inner courtyard of the university in Witzenhausen

Ernst Albert Fabarius (born September 15, 1859 in Saarlouis , † October 28, 1927 in Witzenhausen ) was a German colonial scientist .

Life

Born as the son of an old Protestant pastor's family, Fabarius attended the monastery school in Roßleben from 1873 to 1881 and studied theology , economics , political science , geography and history in Bonn , Berlin, Tübingen and Halle . During his studies in 1885 he became a member of the Association of German Students in Tübingen . In 1891 he took up the post of divisional pastor in Koblenz. Here he married Margarethe Lilly on March 15, 1892.

In Koblenz, Fabarius was already very active as secretary of the Rhenish Association of the Evangelical Africa Association and as secretary of the German Colonial Society . Since 1895 Fabarius actively pursued the idea of ​​founding a training center for settlers and plantation officials in the colonies . After this project was realized, he moved to Witzenhausen in March 1899 to work as founding director and lecturer for colonial economics, ethnology and cultural and colonial history at the German Colonial School for Agriculture, Trade and Commerce . He held this position until his death. In 1906 Fabarius was appointed professor. Between April and July 1910 he went on a study trip to the colonies ( German South West Africa ) for the first and only time . Fabarius died in Witzenhausen on October 28, 1927.

Fonts

  • Deportation of criminals to the German colonies. Berlin 1896.
  • A German colonial school. Memorandum. Coblenz 1897
  • Ethnology and Colonial Science. In: Der deutsche Kulturpionier , vol. 1 (1900/1901) No. 3, 45-49.
  • Colonization and proselytizing in their historical interaction. In: Der Deutschen Kulturpionier Vol. 2 (1901/1902) No. 2, 51‐61.
  • Training for colonial service. In: Yearbook on the German colonies. 2 (1909), pp. 135-148
  • New ways of German colonial policy after the war. Berlin 1916.

literature

  • Colonial School Witzenhausen (Ed.): Festschrift for the 40th anniversary of the German Colonial School Witzenhausen. 1938.
  • Marianne Harries:  Fabarius, Ernst Albert. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 717 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Jens Böhlke: On the history of the German colonial school in Witzenhausen - aspects of its creation and work. 1995. (Writings of the Werra Valley Association in Witzenhausen, issue 29)
  • Eckhard Baum: At home and above the sea. From the German Colonial School to the German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture in Witzenhausen. Self-published by DITSL, Witzenhausen 1997, ISBN 3-88122-894-2 .
  • Adelheid Rehbaum: Combination of practice and theory. The German Colonial School and Ernst August Fabarius (1859-1927). In: Hessian homeland. Supplement to the Gießener Allgemeine. No. 25, December 31, 2010, pp. 97-99.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Güldner, Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations : Directory of honorary members and old men. Gütersloh 1899, p. 24.

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personal data
SURNAME Fabarius, Ernst Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German colonial scientist
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarlouis
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1927
Place of death Witzenhausen