Max Arnim

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Max (imilian) Otto Adolf Arnim , latinized Maximilianus Otto Adolfus Arnim , (born April 13, 1889 in Clausthal , † August 28, 1946 in Berlin ) was a German classical philologist and librarian .

Life

He was the son of the graduate, mining and metallurgical engineer Albert Arnim, who came from Dardesheim . After attending grammar school in Clausthal, Max Arnim studied at the universities of Göttingen and Greifswald. In 1912 he graduated as Dr. phil. In the following year he passed the state examination and in 1916 the library examination. In 1920 he was appointed library councilor in Göttingen. From 1927 he worked at the Prussian State Library in Berlin and experienced its fate in the Second World War. His main work was the international personal bibliography 1850-1935 , which he created on behalf of the Prussian State Library and published in 1936. Gerhard Bock and Franz Hodes continued this personal bibliography from 1944 and later additions until 1963.

family

Max Arnim married in Clausthal Kläre Hartmann in 1920, with whom he had a son. They lived together in Berlin-Schmargendorf .

Publications (selection)

  • Index verborum a Philone Byzantio. In mechanicae syntaxis libris quarto quintoque adhibitorum. Comp , Leipzig 1927.
  • Directory of members of the Society of Sciences in Göttingen (1751–1927) , Berlin 1928
  • Johann Friedrich v. Uffenbach's journey through the Palatinate in 1731 , Mannheim 1928.
  • The reorganization of the signing service at the Berlin State Library . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen 51 (1934), pp. 522-527.
  • International Personal Bibliography 1850–1935 , Berlin 1936.

literature

  • Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? Berlin 1935, p. 36.
  • A. Habermann et al: Lexicon of German Scientific Librarians 1925–1989 , Frankfurt a. M., 1985, p. 7.
  • Werner Schochow: Reach into the history of the state library. Max Arnim and Wilhelm Poewe. In: Mitteilungen der Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz Neue Episode 4 (1995), pp. 178–183.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Different year of death 1945 with Werner Schochow: Griff in die Geschichte der Staatsbibliothek. Max Arnim and Wilhelm Poewe. In: Mitteilungen der Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz Neue Episode 4 (1995), pp. 178–183.
personal data
SURNAME Arnim, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnim, Maximilianus Otto Adolfus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Clausthal
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1946
Place of death Berlin