Gottlieb August Crüwell

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Gottlieb August Crüwell (often GA Crüwell or Gottlieb Crüwell ; born September 10, 1866 at the Leangolla country estate, Ceylon, today Sri Lanka ; † December 19, 1931 in Procida , Province of Naples , Italy ) was an Austrian historian , writer and librarian . From 1924 he was director of the university library of the University of Vienna .

Life

Crüwell studied at the University of Vienna . In 1886 he was the founder of the Corps Symposion. In Vienna he was awarded Dr. phil. PhD . In 1898 he joined the Vienna University Library as a volunteer , was later appointed to the government council and finally in 1924 to the library director. As a consultant for English studies, he acted as a mediator of Anglo-Saxon ideas in German-speaking countries from the turn of the century. He is known for the first German translation of HG Wells ' classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds (1898), which was published in 1901 under the title Der Krieg der Welten . After the First World War , Crüwell was instrumental in rebuilding and modernizing the university library. He also edited the journal Mitteilungen of the Austrian Association for Libraries for a number of years . He belonged to the Society of Monuments of Music in Austria (dtö) and was appointed an "active member" by them in 1925 because of his services. He traveled extensively and wrote numerous essays and publications . His play Schönwiesen (1911) was also performed at the Vienna Burgtheater . He was married to Alma Crüwell-Clairmont.

Works

  • The relations of King Gustaf III. from Sweden to Queen Marie Antoinette of France , dissertation, Berlin 1897
  • HG Wells : The War of the Worlds , German translation, Vienna 1901
  • The book curse. Its history, its meaning, its offshoots , in: Mitteilungen des Österreichisches Verein für Bibliothekwesen, 4th issue, 8th year / 1904, pp. 178-184; 1st issue, 9th year / 1905, pp. 27–31; 2nd issue, 9th year / 1905, pp. 96-101; 3rd issue, 9th year / 1905, pp. 129–135
  • Schönwiesen. A play , Berlin 1911
  • The carpet. Comedy in 1 act (as private print of the small, colorful bibliophile book series, Volume 8, Munich 1962)

literature

  • Salomon Frankfurter : Gottlieb August Crüwell . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, vol. 49 (1932), pp. 188–191.
  • Hansjörg Ostertag: Gottlieb August Crüwell. A forgotten Viennese playwright . (Dissertation.) Rapperswil SG 1959, 189 pp.
  • Otto Michael Gugler: Significance and historical position of HR Gottlieb August Crüwell at the University Library Vienna , (librarian term paper at the ÖNB), Vienna 1994, 169 pp.
  • Crüwell Gottlieb August. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 157. (PDF; 185 kB)
  • James Christian Meinich Hanson: Dr. Gottlieb August Crüwell, 1866–1931 . In: The Library Quarterly , No. 2/1932, pp. 301-302

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information according to Crüwell Gottlieb August. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 157 .; the library of the archives of the University of Vienna , on the other hand, gives the death dates December 22, 1931 in Vienna; both accessed on July 13, 2009
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 136 , 1
  3. ↑ Dissertation: The Relationships of King Gustaf III. from Sweden to Queen Marie Antoinette of France
  4. ↑ Österreichisches biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950, Volume 1, Delivery 2, p. 157 (PDF; 189 kB); Retrieved July 13, 2009
  5. ↑ Österreichisches biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950, Volume 1, Delivery 2, p. 157 (PDF; 189 kB); Retrieved July 13, 2009
  6. ↑ Information from the dtö about its members ; Retrieved July 13, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Crüwell, Gottlieb August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crüwell, GA; Crüwell, Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian, writer and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Country estate Leangolla, Ceylon , today Sri Lanka
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1931
Place of death Procida , Province of Naples , Italy