Otto Krauske

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Otto Krauske (born October 16, 1859 in Potsdam , † August 8, 1930 in Königsberg i. Pr. ) Was a German historian and professor at the Georg August University of Göttingen and the Albertus University of Königsberg .

Life

Krauske's parents were the Potsdam pharmacist Friedrich Krauske and his wife Ottilie nee. Dippold . He lost his father early. He attended grammar school in Potsdam and studied history at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (1879) and the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin (1880). He was deeply impressed by Leopold von Ranke , a student of Johann Gustav Droysen , Heinrich von Treitschke , Reinhold Koser and Gustav von Schmoller .

He received his doctorate in 1884 for Dr. phil. He worked with Schmoller and Koser on behalf of the Historical Commission of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences . Through the collaboration with Schmoller on the organization of authorities and general state administration in the 18th century , Krauske shifted to the subject of his scientific life task, the person of King Friedrich Wilhelm I.

Habilitated private lecturer in Berlin since 1894 , Krauske was appointed associate professor for history at the Georg-August-Universität in 1895 .

The Albertus University appointed him in 1902 as the successor to Hans Prutz to their chair for history. In 1905 he published the letters of King Friedrich Wilhelm I in the Acta Borussica . From then on Krauske lived entirely in his teaching post and only came out with a few essays. Most inspiring and successful as a university lecturer, he proved to be a fatherly friend of his students. He went public with lectures beyond what was customary with scholars. He had been a member of the Association for the History of East and West Prussia since 1902 and was not only active in the scientific but also in the administrative area. For the academic year 1911/12 he was elected Rector of the Albertina. In his rector's speech on May 5, 1912, he devoted himself to Napoleon Bonaparte's Russian campaign in 1812 . The Historical Commission for East and West Prussian State Research elected him in 1923 as its first chairman.

He suffered badly from the outcome of the First World War and its consequences, especially as they hit him hard due to the circumstances surrounding his dismissal in 1925.

Works

  • with Reinhold Koser : Prussian state papers from the reign of King Friedrich II. A. Duncker, Berlin 1877–1892.
  • The Great Elector and the Protestant Hungarians . Historical Journal 53 (1887), pp. 465-496.
  • III. Volume of the state writings of Frederick the Great , 1892
  • with Heinrich von Sybel : The beginning of the Seven Years War . 1892.
  • Acta Borussica , Vol. 1 and 2, 1894-1901
  • The entry into government of Friedrich Wilhelm I. Hohenzollern Yearbook 1897.
  • Queen Sophie Charlotte - Born 20./30. October 1668.Died February 1, 1705 . Hohenzollern yearbook 1900.
  • From the court of Friedrich Wilhelm I. Berlin 1901.
  • Macaulay and Carlyle . Historical magazine 102 (1909), pp. 31-56.
  • From the German war , lecture. Koenigsberg 1914.
  • Hohenzollern and the Mark Brandenburg . Velhagen & Klasing , Bielefeld Leipzig 1915.
  • The founder of the German Empire: Bismarck April 1, 1815 - April 1, 1915 . Koenigsberg 1915.
  • The letters of King Friedrich Wilhelm I to Prince Leopold zu Anhalt-Dessau 1704–1740 , reprint. Frankfurt am Main 1987.

editor

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dissertation: Contributions to the history of permanent diplomacy
  2. ↑ Rector's speeches (HKM)
  3. ^ Christian Krollmann , in: Old Prussian Biography . Königsberg 1941, p. 363.

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personal data
SURNAME Krauske, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1930
Place of death Koenigsberg i. Pr.