Rudolf Reicke
Rudolf Reicke (born February 5, 1825 in Memel , † October 16, 1905 in Königsberg ) was a German historian .
Life
Reicke came from an East Prussian family of scholars and received his doctorate from Albertus University . In 1858 he entered the Royal Library and in 1894 became senior librarian. He also administered the Wallenrodt library and was one of the most important Kant researchers of his time. He wrote " Kantiana " and the "Loose leaves from Kant's estate". The philosopher Dilthey described it as the most important thing that had happened for Kant since the great complete edition. Reicke edited Kant's correspondence for the Prussian Academy of Sciences .
He reworked Friedrich Überweg's “Outline of Philosophy”.
First with the writer Ernst Wichert , then alone, he published the Old Prussian Monthly from 1863 to 1903 , in which he published numerous articles on East Prussian intellectual history.
His son Georg Reicke (1863–1923) became second mayor of Berlin.
literature
- Everyone's Lexicon in ten volumes, Berlin-Grunewald 1930.
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. City and surroundings . Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reicke, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, philosopher and senior librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Memel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1905 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg |