Julius Loewenberg
Julius Löwenberg (* 1800 in Strelno ; † December 12, 1893 in Berlin ) was a German geographer and author , friend and bibliographer of Alexander von Humboldt .
Life
Julius Löwenberg attended the Talmud school in Kleczewo and the grammar school in Thorn . He then studied church history, Christian dogmatics and geography with Carl Ritter at the University of Berlin . Already during his studies he developed a rich literary activity, which developed more and more in the direction of geography through his friendly relationship with Alexander von Humboldt.
As part of Karl Christian Bruhns ' biography on Alexander von Humboldt, Löwenberg compiled a list of all publications by the famous naturalist.
In Leipzig, Löwenberg contributed significantly to the editing of the scientific Humboldt biography in three volumes and after Oskar Peschel's death he published his scattered treatises on geography and ethnology , also in three volumes (Leipzig 1877–1879).
He wrote a large number of primarily geographical books and travelogues and wrote numerous geographical and literary articles for a number of specialist journals, conversation encyclopedias and for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie .
Since 1889, suffering from an eye disease that made him severely disabled, he spent his old age in a Jewish retirement home in Berlin.
Fonts
- Alexander von Humboldt: Bibliographer. Overview of his works, writings, etc. scattered treatises In: Bruhns, Karl : Alexander von Humboldt. A scientific biography. 3 vols. Leipzig: Brockhaus 1872. [Löwenberg's bibliography is part of vol. 2, digitized version of the MDZ]
- Oscar Peschel: Treatises on Earth and Ethnology . Edited by Julius Löwenberg, Leipzig 1877.
- The voyages of discovery and research in the two polar zones. Leipzig, Vienna, Prague 1886.
- History of geography from the most ancient times to the present day . Berlin 1866.
literature
- Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. 1925-1936. Vol. 4. pp. 163f.
Web links
- Joseph Jacobs , Gotthard German : LÖWENBERG, JULIUS. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löwenberg, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geographer and author, friend and biographer of Alexander von Humboldt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strelno |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1893 |
| Place of death | Berlin |