August Sartorius Freiherr von Waltershausen (1852–1938) was a German
economist
An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics.
The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...
.
Biography
He was born in
Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...
, the son of
Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen
Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr von Waltershausen (17 December 180916 March 1876) was a German geologist.
Life and work
Waltershausen was born at Göttingen and educated at this city's university. There he devoted his attention to physical and natur ...
. He was educated in the
University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...
, became professor at Zurich in 1885, and in 1888 was appointed professor of economics (german: Nationalökonomie) in Strassburg, where he remained until 1918. He is the father of
Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen
Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr von Waltershausen (Göttingen, 12 October 1882 – Munich, 14 June 1954) was a German composer, conductor, teacher and writer.
Life and career
He was the son of the economist August Sartorius von Waltershausen ...
(Göttingen, 12 October 1882 - Munich, 14 June 1954), a German composer, conductor, teacher and writer.
Works
His principal works deal with American economic and industrial problems and include
*''Die Zukunft des Deutschtums in den Vereinigten Staaten'' (The future of German culture in the United States, 1885)
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*''Nordamerikanische Gewerkschaften'' (North American unions, 1886)
*''Moderner Sozialismus in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika'' (Modern socialism in the United States of America, 1890)
*''Arbeitsverfassung der englischen Kolonien in Nordamerika'' (Work contracts in the English colonies of North America, 1894)
*''Handelsbilanz der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika'' (Trade balance of the United States of America, 1901)
He was one of the editors of the ''Handwörterbuchs der Staatswirtschaften''.
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German economists
1852 births
1938 deaths
People from Göttingen
University of Göttingen alumni
Barons of Germany
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