Walter Georg Waffenschmidt

Walter Georg Waffenschmidt (born February 10, 1887 in Basel , † October 14, 1980 in Heidelberg ) was a German economist and economist .

Life

Walter Georg Waffenschmidt, high school graduate at the Berthold-Gymnasium in Freiburg im Breisgau , studied technology at the Technical Universities of Karlsruhe , Munich and Danzig from 1906 to 1910 . After a brief activity as a government building manager, he devoted himself to a degree in economics at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg , which he completed in 1912 with the academic degree of Dr. rer. pole. completed. In 1917 Waffenschmidt was transferred to the general management of the Baden State Railways , and in the same year he received his doctorate as Dr.-Ing. In 1919 he was appointed to the government council in the Baden Ministry of Labor.

1921 habilitation weapons Schmidt at the University of Heidelberg as a lecturer of Economics, in 1927 he became the associate professor , in 1947 honorary professor appointed. To this end, after the Second World War he was appointed head of the economics department of the Philosophical Faculty. In 1946 Waffenschmidt was appointed state commissioner for the re-establishment of the commercial and later business school in Mannheim and taught there as a full professor until his retirement in 1955. In addition, he held the rectorate from 1947 to 1949 . He was buried in Zell am Harmersbach .

Walter Georg Waffenschmidt is one of the pioneers of mathematical economic theory and its application in econometrics .

Studies on a quantitative monetary theory, habilitation thesis , Mohr, 1924
Ford's economic system: a theoretical study, J. Springer, 1926
Technik und Wirtschaft, In: Volume 18 of Grundrisse for the Study of Political Economy , G. Fischer, 1928

Clear introduction to general and theoretical economics, A. Hain, 1950

Wirtschaftsmechanik, W. Kohlhammer, 1957

German national accounts and their steering models, 1949-1955, G. Fischer, 1959

Extended National Accounts, A. Hain, 1968

Karl Brandt: Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Walter G. Waffenschmidt, A. Hain, 1958.
Bernd Ottnad (Ed.): Baden-Württembergische Biographien, Volume 2, W. Kohlhammer, 1994 ISBN 3-17-012207-X , p. 373.
Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Volume 10. KG Saur, Munich, 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-25040-8 , p. 338.

personal data
SURNAME	Waffenschmidt, Walter Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Waffenschmidt Walter G .; Waffenschmidt, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German economist and economist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 10, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel
DATE OF DEATH	October 14, 1980
Place of death	Heidelberg