Hermann Corsten

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hermann Corsten (born July 18, 1889 in Geilenkirchen , † July 23, 1968 in Cologne ) was a German librarian .

Life

From 1912 to 1921 he studied mathematics, physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering at the TH Aachen (1922 graduate engineer ). From 1925 to 1927 he studied economics and finance at the University of Cologne (1927 with the promotion for pol rer Dr... ). After graduating in Cologne began in 1927 in the University Library Bonn , the volunteer for the higher library service. The following year he passed his specialist examination and went to the TH Berlin as a librarian for a year . In 1929 he moved to the Prussian State Library in Berlin. From 1933 to 1954 he was director of the University and City Library in Cologne .

Fonts (selection)

  • The tax problem in German finance from the end of the 18th century to the present day . Elberfeld 1929, OCLC 48787898 .
  • One hundred years of the German economy in commemorative and memorandum papers. A bibliography . Cologne 1937, OCLC 974106186 .
  • as editor: The literature of the lecturers currently working at the University of Cologne. On the occasion of the commemoration of the founding of the old University of Cologne 550 years ago . Cologne 1938, OCLC 1069824769 .
  • as editor: Rheinische Bibliographie. The scientific literature on the Rhineland and its border areas from the invention of the art of printing up to and including 1933 . Cologne 1938, OCLC 716635124 .

literature

  • Christiane Hoffrath: Library Director under National Socialism. Hermann Corsten and the University and City Library of Cologne . Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-931596-68-2 .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Corsten, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Geilenkirchen
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1968
Place of death Cologne