Friedrich Clemens Ebrard

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Friedrich Clemens Ebrard (born June 26, 1850 in Erlangen , † July 28, 1935 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German historian and librarian .

Life

Friedrich Clemens Ebrard was born in Erlangen on June 26, 1850 as the son of the Reformed theologian Johann Heinrich August Ebrard and his wife Luise (née von Loewenich). He himself was able to trace the ancestry of his Huguenot family back to 928. The Latin school in Speyer trained him in 1859/1860 . Then he returned to Erlangen and attended the local high school . Now he moved to the University of Erlangen to study history and economics and switched to the University of Göttingen . During his studies in 1867 he became a member of the C. St. V. Uttenruthia Erlangen . The University of Tübingen then received his doctorate in 1872. He was a soldier for the following four years .

Then, in 1876, he became assistant librarian at the library of the University of Strasbourg . Appointed curator the following year , he was promoted to librarian another year later. On February 19, 1884, he went to Frankfurt am Main to become senior librarian at the city library. In June of this year he received the Prussian citizenship . Shortly thereafter, he was elected library director, in February 1885 a deacon and later elected president of the French Reformed community in Frankfurt am Main. In December 1899 he received the Order of the Red Eagle .

Ebrard systematically expanded the city library in Frankfurt, so that in 1914 it could serve as the university library of the newly founded Frankfurt University. Various academic libraries in Frankfurt were incorporated into the city library or acquisition agreements were made. Ebrard also managed to take over the Frankfurt coin collection, Gustav Freytag's pamphlet collection and the Schopenhauer archive for the library. The Hebraica and Judaica department became one of the most important in Germany.

Ebrard then became a member of the consistory of the Protestant church in the consistorial district of Frankfurt in May 1900. In 1904 he received the order of the crown and his promotion to the royal-secret consistorial council took place on June 22, 1907 by Wilhelm II . Ebrard was appointed as the president's representative at the Frankfurt Consistory in 1912, and he received another award in July 1918, the Cross of Merit for War Aid .

He left the consistory in January 1931 and celebrated his 60th anniversary as a doctor in May 1932. On July 28, 1935, he finally died in Frankfurt am Main at the age of 85 from inflammation of the diaphragm and from a severe fever. His funeral took place on December 21, 1935, and his funeral urn was buried in the reformed Erlangen cemetery.

Works (selection)

List of publications: Aron Freimann : Writings and essays by Friedrich Clemens Ebrard . In: Edith Kießling: The City and University Library Frankfurt aM Frankfurt a. M. 1969, pp. 56-65.

  • The Franconian Reichsannals from 741 to 829 . In: Research on German History, Vol. 13 (1873), pp. 425–472.
  • The first attempt by King Wenceslas to approach the Swabian-Rhenish League of Towns 1384-1385. A historical study, Strasbourg. Truebner 1877.
  • The visit of Emperor Friedrich III. in Strasbourg in 1473. Based on letters and files from the Strasbourg City Archives, Strasbourg 1880.
  • Strasbourg feud with Mr. Jean de Vergy 1382-1387. According to unprinted Strasbourg and Frankfurt sources , Strasbourg: Schultz 1880.
  • Adjustable storage of the carrying boards on bookshelves, cupboards, etc. Like. In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, Vol. 10 (1893), pp. 23-27 ( digitized version ),
  • Memorandum on the history of the de Laporte family who immigrated to Germany in 1699 , Antwerp: Laporte & Dosse, 1904, digitized
  • The French Reformed Congregation in Frankfurt am Main 1554–1904, Frankfurt a. M .: Ecklin 1906.
  • The American Department of the Frankfurt am Main City Library. Report on its establishment and development 1905–1908, Frankfurt a. M .: Englert & Schlosser 1908.
  • The von Loevenich family (Frankfurt am Main 1908)
  • A song about the siege of the city of Frankfurt in 1552. On behalf of the city library, presented to the participants in the bibliophile events on October 10, 1920 by Friedrich Clemens Ebrard , Frankfurt a. M .: Klingspor in Offenbach 1920.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Friedrich Clemens Ebrard  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Peters:  Ebrard, Friedrich Clemens. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 29, Bautz, Nordhausen 2008, ISBN 978-3-88309-452-6 , column 491.  ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
  2. ^ Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 64 No. 613.
personal data
SURNAME Ebrard, Friedrich Clemens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH gain
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1935
Place of death Frankfurt am Main