Georg Kaufmann (historian)
Georg Heinrich Kaufmann (born September 9, 1842 in Münden , † December 28, 1929 in Breslau , Lower Silesia Province ) was a German historian .
Life
Kaufmann was born the son of a pastor and after his early death moved to his brother in Halle , where he went to Latin school and attended the grammar school of the Francke Foundations . He studied history and philology at the Universities of Halle and Göttingen . During his studies he became a member of the Germania fraternity in Halle in 1861 and of the Brunsviga fraternity in Göttingen in 1863 .
Kaufmann worked as a national liberal publicist , belonged to the National Liberal Party (NLP) and worked as a high school teacher in Göttingen and Strasbourg . In 1876 he completed his habilitation at the Strasbourg Philosophy Faculty for Middle and New History. There he worked as a private lecturer . In 1888 he became a professor at the academy in Münster , and from 1891 he was full professor for Medieval and Modern History at the University of Breslau . 1905/06 he worked there as rector. In 1921 he retired. He became a secret councilor .
Kaufmann conducted research on general German and university history in the 19th century. From 1898 to 1900 he was chairman of the German Association of Historians . He was also an employee of the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie .
He was married to Emmy Vosberg.
Fonts
- German history except for Charlemagne. First volume: The Germans of primeval times . Second volume: From the Roman Empire to the spiritual and secular universal monarchy of the Middle Ages. 419-814. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880/1881.
- The history of the German universities. First volume: prehistory . Second volume: Origin and development of German universities up to the end of the Middle Ages. Cotta, Stuttgart 1888-1896.
- The freedom of teaching at the German universities in the nineteenth century . S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1898.
- Political History of Germany in the Nineteenth Century. Bondi, Berlin 1900.
- Festschrift to celebrate the centenary of the University of Wroclaw . Published on behalf of the Rector and Senate, Part One : History of the University of Breslau 1811–1911. Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau 1911.
- History of Germany in the Nineteenth Century. Bondi, Berlin 1912.
literature
- Kaufmann, Georg , in: Friedhelm Golücke : Author's lexicon for student and university history. SH-Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-89498-130-X . Pp. 165-166.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hugo Böttger (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members according to the status of the winter semester 1911/12. Berlin 1912, p. 99.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaufmann, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaufmann, Georg Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Münden |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1929 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw , Lower Silesia Province |