Karl Theodor White

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Karl Theodor Weiß (born February 13, 1872 in Schwetzingen ; † May 12, 1945 in Erfurt ) was a German lawyer, paper historian and watermark researcher .

Life

After graduating from high school in Ettenheim , he studied philology, German and history in Freiburg , Strasbourg , Tübingen and Heidelberg . At the father's request, a traineeship at the Grand Ducal State Library in Karlsruhe was followed by a law degree. The doctorate took place at the Philological Faculty of the University of Heidelberg. After he was already interested in old books and manuscripts as a high school student, he began collecting handmade paper out of an interest in watermarks. In 1897 he founded the German Paper Museum as an individual .

His son Wisso Weiß was also active in the field of watermark research.

Fonts

  • Paper history and watermarking. Achieved goals and tasks to be solved. In: Archiv für Buchgewerbe und Nutzgraphik 63, 1926, Issue 4, pp. 292–308.
  • Line paper. In: Buch und Schrift , NF 5/6 (1942/43), pp. 106–158.
  • From vellum and copperplate paper. In: Wochenblatt für Papierfabrikation 77, 1949, No. 17, pp. 483-486.
  • Handbook of Watermarking. Edited and ed. by Wisso Weiß. Fachbuchverlag, Leipzig 1962.

literature

  • Armin Renker : Dr. Karl Theodor Weiss in Mönchweiler and his collection of paper history , Society of Bibliophiles, Frankfurt 1932.
  • Wisso Weiß: On the bookplate of a paper historian. In: Papiergeschichte 24, 1974, No. 5/6, pp. 53–55.
  • Ulman Weiß: The collector and his collection. In: Signs - Books - Knowledge Networks. 125 years of the German Museum of Books and Writing of the German National Library. Wallstein, Göttingen 2009, pp. 80-93.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Carl Theodor Weiss: History and legal position of the Jews in the prince-bishopric of Strasbourg, especially in what is now Baden, according to files. Hanstein, Bonn 1896. Zugl .: Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 1895. ( online resource ).
  2. ↑ See Alfred Nadler: On the 100th birthday of Dr. Karl Theodor White. In: IPH-Information , NF 6, 1972, No. 1, pp. 5-7.
personal data
SURNAME White, Karl Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German paper historian and watermark researcher
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwetzingen
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1945
Place of death Erfurt