Hermann Albert Schumacher

Hermann Albert Schumacher (born December 15, 1839 in Bremen , † June 22, 1890 in Bremen) was a German lawyer and historian .

Life

Hermann Albert Schumacher came from a Bremen senatorial family ( Isak Hermann Albrecht Schumacher , Georg Schumacher, Hermann Albert Schumacher). He graduated from the Alte Gymnasium in Bremen and studied law and history at the University of Jena , the University of Göttingen and the University of Berlin. In 1863 he became a lawyer in Bremen. 1865 appointed him Bremen Chamber of Commerce to the syndic . He was also general secretary of the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People (DGzRS). From 1865 he was a member of the Bremen citizenship . He actively accompanied the development of the founding of the North German Confederation in 1866. In 1870 he became an honorary member of Haus Seefahrt . When the establishment of the Bremer Bürgerpark was initiated in 1866 , he was one of the first leading people to support the project. He was also a member of the artists' association in Bremen .

As a historian, some of his works have enduring importance. In 1864 the work of the first jury court in Bremen was created . Among other things, he published numerous articles in the Bremen Yearbook.

In 1872 Schumacher became Minister-Resident in Colombia , in 1875 Consul General in New York and in 1883 Minister-Resident in Lima . In 1886 he came back to Bremen and was again active as an important historian.

His grave is in the family grave at the Bremen Riensberg cemetery in Bremen-Schwachhausen (grave location R 249-252).

family

His sons were the Berlin economist and professor Hermann Schumacher (1868–1952) and the architect and chief construction director of Hamburg Fritz Schumacher (1869–1947).

Fonts

• Oldest history of the cathedral chapter . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch , vol. 1, Bremen 1863, pp. 109–173.
• The first jury court in Bremen. Studies and Reviews . Müller, Bremen 1864.
• The Stedinger. Contribution to the history of the Weser marshes . Müller, Bremen 1865. (For reprints see Stedinger # literature )
• The rescue service at sea . Lüderitz, Berlin 1867.
• Petrus Martyr, the historian of the ocean. A study . E. Steiger, New York 1879. Reprinted in paperback: Elibron Classics, New York 2002, ISBN 0-543-84016-6 .
• South American Studies. Three images of life and culture: Mútis, Cáldas, Codazzi (1760–1860) . Mittler, Berlin 1884.
• Kohl's American Studies . In: Deutsche geographische Blätter , vol. 11 (1888), pp. 105–222.
• The American ventures of the Augsburg Welsers . In: Deutsche geographische Blätter , vol. 12 (1889), pp. 5–21.

literature

• Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
• Wilhelm von Bippen:  Hermann Schumacher . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 34-37.

Web links

Wikisource: Hermann Albert Schumacher  - Sources and full texts