Herbert von Beckerath
Herbert von Beckerath (born April 4, 1886 in Krefeld , † March 10, 1966 in Washington, DC ) was a German economist . Beckerath came from an important Krefeld family and was cousin of the economist Erwin von Beckerath .
Beckerath completed his habilitation in 1914 in economics and finance at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . There he became a private lecturer and, in 1920, a full professor of political science in Karlsruhe. From 1922 he taught economics at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen . In 1925 he was appointed professor of political science and director of the Institute for Social and Economic Sciences in Bonn.
As an opponent of the Nazi regime, Beckerath emigrated to the USA, was a visiting lecturer in Durham, and since 1955 full professor at the University of North Carolina.
literature
- Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 . Volume 2.1. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 67
- Helmut Walter: Beckerath, Herbert von. In: Harald Hagemann , Claus-Dieter Krohn (Hrsg.): Biographical manual of the German-speaking economic emigration after 1933. Volume 1: Adler – Lehmann. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11284-X , pp. 34-36.
- Helmut Marcon, Heinrich Strecker (Ed.): 200 years of economics and political science at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen. Volume 1. Franz Steiner Verlag , Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-515-06657-8 , pp. 457-463 ( partly online ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Herbert von Beckerath in the catalog of the German National Library
- Family website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beckerath, Herbert von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krefeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1966 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |