Fritz Bauer (Librarian)
Friedrich "Fritz" Bauer (born February 20, 1865 in Würzburg ; † January 29, 1936 there ) was a German librarian .
Life
He was a Catholic denomination and the son of the Würzburg master carpenter Johann Bauer and his wife Barbara nee Wolz. After attending elementary school, Friedrich "Fritz" Bauer went to the humanistic grammar school because of his good academic performance. He then studied at the Philological Institutes of the Universities of Würzburg and Munich. A disciplinary punishment was imposed on him at the University of Würzburg from the carnival season of 1885. Together with three of his fellow students, he distributed pieces of paper with the mocking poem “The high song of the stork” , which was directed against the rector Anton Miller, because his ability to carry out his rectorate lawfully was doubted. As a punishment, Fritz Bauer was sentenced to three days of solitary confinement in the dungeon . Fritz Bauer immortalized himself in the dungeon of the University of Würzburg with an inscription on the wall.
In 1888 he passed the state examination in French and in 1890 in English. He received his PhD in 1899 for Dr. phil. The topic of his dissertation was: The personal pronoun in Le pèlerinage de vie humaine . He then worked as a private teacher and writer. In 1897, Fritz Bauer entered the Bavarian civil service as an assistant at the Würzburg University Library . In 1902 he was promoted to library secretary and in 1907 to librarian. Fritz Bauer worked as State Librarian at the University Library of Würzburg until his retirement in 1930. Among other things, he was a member of the Society for Theater History. Fritz Bauer died in his hometown of Würzburg in 1936.
family
He married Frieda on August 10, 1899 in Würzburg, the daughter of Chief Police Inspector Adolf Dosch. The children Betty (* 1901), Luise (* 1905) and Alfred (1911–1986) emerged from their marriage. The latter became a lawyer and was director of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) from 1951 to 1976. The Alfred Bauer Prize is named after him.
Fritz Bauer lived with his family in Würzburg, Ludwigskai 17.
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, page 68.
Individual evidence
- ^ Central sheet for libraries , supplements to the central sheet for libraries, edition 53, 1936, page 183.
- ↑ Entry in the University Archives of Würzburg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bauer, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bauer, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1936 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |