Friedrich Paul von Westenholz

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Friedrich Paul Freiherr von Westenholz (born August 30, 1859 in Hamburg ; † August 23, 1919 in Montreux ) was a German specialist in German, English and university professor.

Life

Friedrich Paul von Westenholz was the third son of the wealthy Hamburg businessman and Austro-Hungarian Consul General Friedrich von Westenholz (1825–1898) from his first marriage to Clara Elisabeth, née Ertel (1829–1871). Since 1867, the family had been entitled to live in St. Gallen in Switzerland and thus became a Swiss citizen.

He grew up in Hamburg and trained as a businessman. He worked in business until 1882, including in London , but then decided to embark on a scientific career. He made up his Abitur in Stuttgart and studied modern philology at the universities of Heidelberg and Tübingen. In 1887 he was charged with a dissertation on the Griseldis -Sage to Dr. phil. PhD. In 1890 he completed his habilitation at the Royal Technical University of Stuttgart for English language and literature. At the technical university he was initially a private lecturer , then an associate professor. In addition, (before 1912) he was appointed head of the university's library.

Since 1880 he was married to Jurke Johanna Landheer (1858–). The marriage had three children:

  • Rudolf Friedrich Freiherr von Westenholz (1882–)
  • Elisabeth Meyn-von Westenholz (1883–1951), historian ∞ Kai Meyn (1872–1940), major general
  • Paul Eberhard Freiherr von Westenholz (1884–1933), banker

Descendants of Paul Eberhard now live in Great Britain.

Works

  • The Griseldis legend in literary history. 1888
  • About Byron's Historical Dramas: A Contribution to Their Aesthetic Appreciation. Stuttgart: Frommanns 1890
  • The tragedy in Shakspeares Coriolanus. 1895
  • Idea and characters in Shakspeare's Julius Caesar. 1897

literature

  • Hermann AL Degener: Who is it? Our contemporaries. 2 (1906), pp. 1289f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fridrich Dieth-Locher: Citizens Register of the City of St. Gallen: completed on December 31, 1886. St. Galllen: Huber & Cie. 1887, pp. 441f
  2. ^ Karl Lange: Stuttgart library guide. , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1912, p. 26
personal data
SURNAME Westenholz, Friedrich Paul von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Westenholz, Friedrich Paul Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German specialist in German, English and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 1919
Place of death Montreux