Friedrich Fuchs (editor)

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Friedrich Fuchs (born June 7, 1890 in Aschaffenburg , † January 11, 1948 in Munich ) was a German editor , writer and literary scholar .

Life

Friedrich Fuchs was the son of the Aschaffenburg businessman Friedrich Fuchs (1859–1895) and his wife Eugenie, née Seyler (1862–1951). His older sister was the actress Erna Morena .

After passing the state examination for a higher teaching position, Fuchs became private secretary of the radiologist and politician Friedrich Dessauer in Frankfurt am Main in 1919 . In the Dessauer circle he met Carl Muth , who in 1920 brought him to the Hochland magazine, which he directed .

1922 Fuchs was at the University of Munich in August Heisenberg specialist Byzantine with a thesis on the secondary schools of Constantinople Opel medieval doctorate .

From 1932 Fuchs was editor of the Hochland, but was removed from this position in 1935 due to personal differences with Karl Muth .

From then on he lived as a private scholar in Munich until his death. As such, he devoted himself in particular to Brentano research and published the editions of letters from Bettina and Clemens Brentano , founded by Wilhelm Schellberg, in the Eugen Diederichs publishing house .

Friedrich Fuchs was married to the artist Ruth Schaumann since 1924 . The marriage had five children. His grave is in the Winthirfriedhof in Munich's Neuhausen district .

His written estate, which includes over 500 letters, 37 manuscripts and 6 diary calendars, is kept in the Monacensia literary archive.

Writings, Editing

  • The high schools of Constantinople in the Middle Ages . Teubner, Leipzig 1926 [Byzantine Archive, 8]; Reprint: Hakkert, Amsterdam 1969.
  • Clemens Brentano: The immortal life. Unknown letters . Edited by Wilhelm Schellberg (†) and Friedrich Fuchs, Eugen Diederichs Verlag, Jena 1939.
  • Bettine Brentano: The devotion to the image of man. Unknown letters . Edited by Wilhelm Schellberg (†) and Friedrich Fuchs, Eugen Diederichs Verlag, Jena 1941.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This work is regarded as the first and so far only attempt to record the higher education system in Constantinople from Theodosius II up to the end of the empire . Mathias Bernath (Ed.): Historical book studies Southeast Europe . Vol. I, Part 1: Middle Ages . Oldenbourg, Munich, Vienna 1978.
  2. ↑ Otto Weiss: Carl Muth and his editors , in: Freundeskreis Mooshausen, Conference Carl Muth and the Hochland 2014, p. 6.

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SURNAME Fuchs, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German editor, writer and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Aschaffenburg
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1948
Place of death Munich