Wilhelm Velke

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Wilhelm Velke (born January 22, 1854 in Velpke , † January 28, 1940 in Gießen ) was a German historian and librarian .

Life

From 1873 Velke studied classical philology and history in Leipzig and Marburg . During his studies in 1874 he became a member of the Alemannia Marburg fraternity . After his studies, he was on 20 December 1877 at the University of Marburg Dr. phil. did his doctorate and passed his exams for higher teaching a year later. He also held the title of professor in later years. In 1876 he worked as an "unskilled worker" at the library of the University of Marburg, and from 1877 to 1878 at the Georg-August University in Göttingen . 1878/1879 Velke was then assistant at the library of the Institute for Classical Studies in Strasbourg .

In 1879 Velke came to Mainz and worked as a librarian in the Mainz City Library. From 1885 he was finally hired as the city librarian and in 1891 was appointed senior librarian. Until 1907 he was in charge of the Mainz City Library and the associated institutions Mainz City Archives , Gutenberg Museum and Münzkabinett. From 1883 Velke was also director of the city collections for science and art, among other things, responsible for the painting collection of the Museum of Antiquities (today's Mainz State Museum ). Velke's successor as head of the city library was Gustav Binz from 1908 ; Velke himself retired in 1913 and later retired to Giessen.

One focus of his academic work was, among other things, the history of book printing and the historical environment of Johannes Gutenberg . He was a co-founder of the Gutenberg Society and the Gutenberg Museum . He was also responsible for the “celebrations for the 450th anniversary of the art of printing” that took place in Mainz in 1900.

Fonts (selection)

  • The Gutenberg celebration in Mainz. In: Centralblatt für Bibliothekswesen , vol. 4, 1887, pp. 463-465 ( digitized version ).
  • Wilhelm Velke, Friedrich Soldan: The landgraves and grand dukes of Hessen-Darmstadt. Mainz 1894.
  • Wilhelm Velke (among others): Festschrift for the five hundredth birthday of Johann Gutenberg. Zabern Verlag Mainz, 1900.
  • For the earliest spread of the art of printing. 1. From Mainz to Eltville. In: Festschrift for the 500th birthday of Johannes Gutenberg, Ed. Otto Hartwig. Mainz 1900, pp. 323-346
  • Gutenberg Festival in Mainz in 1900 at the same time as a reminder of the opening of the Gutenberg Museum on June 23, 1901.
  • To Peter Schöffer's book ads. Publications of the Gutenberg Society. 5-7, Mainz 1908, pp. 221-235.

literature

  • Elisabeth Darapsky : Librarians of the Mainz City Library. in: Jürgen Busch (Ed.): De Bibliotheca Moguntina. Festschrift of the Mainz City Library on the 50th anniversary of its building Rheinallee 3 3/10 on November 7, 1962. Mainz 1963, pp. 17–30.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hugo Böttger (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members according to the status of the winter semester 1911/12. Berlin 1912, p. 209.

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personal data
SURNAME Velke, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Velpke
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1940
Place of death to water