Eugen Wolf (journalist)
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Eugen Wolf (born January 24, 1850 in Kirchheimbolanden ; † May 10, 1912 in Munich ) was a German journalist and explorer .
Life
Eugen Wolf spent most of his life traveling, first in Europe, then in the New World , Africa and the Far East. In 1873 he traveled to South America , then to Central Africa (1884 to 1885), to the United States (1887), to East Africa (1889 to 1890), to South Africa (1891 to 1892) and to Madagascar (1895). From August 1896 to June 1898 he was in China , Japan and Siberia . In 1909 he made a trip to Oceania .
The polyglot Wolf met in Germany and abroad with politicians, businessmen and diplomats to promote the global political role of the newly founded German Reich. He presented international trade as a key element in Germany's development as a world power.
As a nationalist, he was afraid that the growing presence of Russians, Americans and Japanese would limit the possibilities for German expansion. He presented his thoughts to Otto von Bismarck during a few meetings with him and repeated them in his travelogue My walks. I: Inside China , published in 1901. In China he visited foreign concessions and drafted a plan for German expansion. He proposed this to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin after his return.
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Wolf was a prolific writer, he published his travelogues in several books and in a number of newspaper articles that first appeared in the Berliner Tageblatt . He used his writings to promote international relations politically and economically. He combined his extensive collecting activities into an international agenda by donating ethnological collections to Bavarian and Prussian museums.
- My hikes: Inside China. 1901.
- From Prince Bismarck and his house. Diary pages by Eugen Wolf, with three portraits and a letter in facsimile. 1904.
The Chukchi Collection
The Chukchi collection was officially donated to the State Museum of Ethnology on January 14, 1899 .
The Siberian collection shows samples from different regions of Siberia, the largest part being from Chukchi and Eskimos from the Chukchi Peninsula in northeastern Siberia. Although the valuable originals of the collection are unknown (it is not certain whether the collection came from Eugen Wolf himself), they are of great importance because they systematically organize all aspects of the life of reindeer herders on the tundra and only a small part of the samples this period is in museums. The Chukchi collection shows Chukchi clothing for adults and children. There are also children's toys (leather balls, drums), two musical instruments (a handmade violin and a balalaika). Important items are lighters, fire boards, ritual drums and gloves for preparing the dead.
Web links
- The Munich Chukchi Collection
- Newspaper article about Eugen Wolf in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolf, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirchheimbolanden |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1912 |
| Place of death | Munich |