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Richard Friedrich Fick (born February 7, 1867 in Schwartau , † December 18, 1944 in Göttingen ) was a German librarian and Indologist .

Life

Richard Fick, the son of the businessman Adolf Fick and his wife Maria, b. Loewe, after graduating from high school (1885), studied Indology , German , English and philosophy in Kiel . In Kiel he became a member of the country team Cimbria, the later Slesvico-Holsatia (today in the CC ), of which he was later chairman. As early as 1886 he started working for the university library. Supported by Richard Pischel and Hermann Jakobi , he achieved his doctorate in 1888. After eleven years in the service of the Kiel University Library, he moved to the Royal Library of Berlin in 1897 , where he became the head librarian from 1904 and headed the information office of the German libraries as chief librarian from 1905 . During this time he brought out an illustrated cultural-historical representation of the university and student system with Auf Germany's high schools . In 1900 he married Emma Petow (* 1868) in Berlin; the marriage remained childless. During the First World War , Fick served as a captain and battalion commander in the 2nd Sailor Regiment in Flanders, the story of which he later published. In 1916 he became department director of the Royal Library. Ficks merits in Berlin are manifested in the general journal directory, which was created under his leadership and appeared in 1914, as well as in the general catalog of the Prussian libraries , the manuscript of which was largely completed under him.

From 1921 until his retirement in 1932, Fick was head of the Göttingen University Library . Here he was appointed honorary professor in 1923 and in 1930 he was accepted into the library commission of the Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft . From 1928 to 1932 he was chairman of the Association of German Librarians .

Richard Fick is known as a theorist and practitioner of cataloging as well as an indologist . His most important publication in this field is the volume published by F. Haeseler in Kiel in 1897, The social structure in northeastern India in the time of Buddha. With particular reference to the case question - primarily due to the Jataka shown that in 1920 by Shishir Kumar Maitra was translated into English.

Fonts (selection)

List of all writings in: Congratulatory address for Professor Dr. (Richard) Fick with the directory of his publications, Göttingen: [Univ.-Bibl.] 1937.

  • A Jain version of the Sagara saga, Kiel 1888 (dissertation, University of Kiel, 1888) ( digitized version ).
  • Practical grammar of the Sanskrit language for self-teaching: with exercise examples, reading pieces and glossaries , Vienna a. a. [1891] (The art of polyglotism; 33).
  • The social structure in north-eastern India during the Buddha's time with special consideration of the caste question: mainly presented on the basis of the Jâtaka , Kiel: Haeseler 1897 ( digitized ).
  • together with Hans Baluschek: On Germany's high schools: an illustrated cultural-historical representation of the German higher education and student system , Berlin [u. a.]: Thilo 1900.
  • Ed .: Songs of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Sailor Regiment , Berlin: Elsner [1917].
  • The social organization in North-East India: in Buddha's time, Calcutta: Univ. of Calcutta 1920.
  • The weekly directory and how it can be used by German libraries . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, Vol. 40 (1923), pp. 288–298.
  • Heynes' report from the Westphalian era and its programmatic significance, Göttingen: Pillai 1924 (preliminary work on the history of the Göttingen University and Library; 1).
  • Göttingen's cultural significance in the 18th century: catalog of the 56th meeting of German philologists and school men from 27–30. September 1927 ... organized exhibition, Göttingen: Kaestner 1927.
  • Kielhorn's manuscript collection: Directory of the Sanskrit manuscripts from Franz Kielhorn's estate transferred to the Göttingen University Library in 1908 . In: Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class; 1930, issue 1, pp. [65] -94.
  • Ed. Together with G. v. Selle: Letters to Ewald: from his estate , Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1932 (preliminary work on the history of the Göttingen University and Library; 13).
  • The Buddhist culture and the legacy of Alexander the Great , Leipzig: Hinrichs 1933 (Morgenland; 25).
  • The national revolution and the libraries. In: Minerva magazine, vol. 9, issue 3/4, March / April 1933, pp. 33-40.
  • The 2nd Sailor Regiment 1914–1918 in Flanders: according to the official war diaries and according to notes and letters from fellow combatants, Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 1936.
  • Steffenhagen and Harnack: a library history parallel , Göttingen: Häntzschel 1940 (Hainbergschriften; 8) ( digitized version ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Studentenkurier, issue 4/1997
  2. ↑ A facsimile edition was published in Graz in 1974 by Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt ISBN 3-201-00864-8
predecessor Office successor
Richard Pietschmann Director of the Göttingen University Library
1921–1932 		Josef Becker
personal data
SURNAME Fuck Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fuck, Richard Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian and indologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Schwartau
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1944
Place of death Goettingen