Ricardo Krebs
Ricardo Krebs , full name Ricardo Krebs Wilckens , (born December 2, 1918 in Valparaíso , † December 23, 2011 in Santiago ) was a Chilean historian of German descent.
Life
Krebs went through a school education at the Colegio Alemán de Valparaíso and continued his education with studies from 1936 in Leipzig . At the University of Leipzig he obtained his doctorate in philosophy in 1941, with a focus on history. He later taught at the Universidad Católica de Chile and founded the Centro de Investigaciones Históricas, the predecessor of the local history institute. Krebs, who has been a member of the Chilean history academy Academia Chilena de la Historia since 1955 , is the author of the Historia Universal , published in 1955 . The latter still forms a basis in Chilean school education today. In 1982 he was awarded the Chilean Premio Nacional de Historia . Ten years later, in 1992, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Católica . The historian was the father of Magdalena Krebs , the director of DIBAM .
Publications
- Historia universal , (1955)
- El pensamiento histórico, político y económico del Conde de Campomanes , (1960)
- La ciencia económica to Adam Smith , (1977)
- La monarquía absoluta en Europa: el desarrollo del estado moderno en los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII , (1979)
- Catolicismo y laicismo: las bases doctrinarias del conflicto entre la iglesia y el estado en Chile , (1981)
- Breve historia universal , (1982)
- La Revolución Francesa y Chile (compilador), (1990)
- Historia de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: 1888–1988 , (1994)
- La iglesia de América Latina en el siglo XIX , (2002)
Awards
- 1982: Premio Nacional de Historia de Chile
- 1992: Honorary doctorate from the Universidad Católica
Web links
- Fallce el Premio Nacional de Historia Ricardo Krebs (Spanish) on www.latercera.com from December 23, 2011, accessed on December 25, 2011
- Biography (Spanish), accessed December 25, 2011
- Fallció el destacado historiador Ricardo Krebs (Spanish) on www.lanacion.cl from December 23, 2011, accessed on December 25, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cancer, Ricardo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krebs Wilckens, Ricardo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valparaíso , Chile |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 2011 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Chile , Chile |