Gustav Heinrich Schneider

Gustav Heinrich Schneider (born January 21, 1859 in Stettin ; † January 7, 1909 in Berlin ) was a German writer , student historian and fraternity functionary .

Live and act

While studying history in Jena , Schneider became a member of the Germania Jena fraternity in 1880 . In 1881 he was instrumental in founding the General Deputy Convent (ADC) .

In 1883 he became editor of the German Reich and Prussian State Gazette . In 1887 Schneider founded the magazine for the German fraternity , of which he was editor until 1898. He was also involved in the creation of the fraternity archive . In 1897 he received his doctorate in Heidelberg . In 1902, with his play Der Ritt zur Elgersburg, he won the Singers' War at the Elgersburg Castle . He died of a heart attack in 1909 .

Jenenser life. Poems. Jena 1883.
Moved to Kahla. A student story from days gone by. Jena 1886.
Epic picture book. Jena 1886
The Press or Fatherland Association 1832/33. A contribution to the history of the Frankfurt attack. Dissertation University of Heidelberg 1897.
The fraternity Germania zu Jena. Jena 1897.

Dr. Gustav Heinrich Schneider † , in: Thüringer Warte. Monthly for the intellectual, artistic and economic interests of Thuringia. Volume V., Pößneck 1909, p. 519. Web link
Schneider, Gustav Heinrich , in: Friedhelm Golücke : Author's lexicon for student and university history. SH-Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-89498-130-X . Pp. 300-301.
Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 618–619.

personal data
SURNAME	Schneider, Gustav Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer and student historian
DATE OF BIRTH	January 21, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH	Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH	January 7, 1909
Place of death	Berlin