Karl Walcker
Karl Adolf Theodor Walcker (born April 13, 1839 in Pernau , Livonia , † January 21, 1909 in Leipzig ) was a German political scientist and economist.
Career
Walcker studied medicine for a year in Dorpat and Berlin from 1857 to 1863 and then switched to economics. From 1867 he taught economics as a private lecturer in Dorpat, and from 1869 to 1870 finance in Kharkov . After that, he stopped his academic work for health reasons, but after stints in Narva , Berlin, Tübingen and Karlsruhe, he was finally back in Leipzig in 1877 as a private lecturer in political science. Since 1892 he gave no more lectures due to illness, but continued to occupy himself with scientific studies. He published numerous books, including a five-volume "Handbuch der Nationalökonomie" (1882-1884), which appeared in several editions.
Works
- The women's movement . Strasbourg, 1896 ( digitized version and full text in the German text archive )
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Walcker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Overview of Karl Walcker's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1877 to winter semester 1891)
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| SURNAME | Walcker, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walcker, Karl Adolf Theodor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German political scientist and economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pernau , Livonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1909 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |