Friedrich Karl Alfred Schulze (20 April 1881 – 28 August 1960) was a German historian and director of the .
Life
Born in Weimar, Schulze was born as the son of a master baker and took his Abitur at the . He then studied at the universities in
Jena and
Leipzig, initially classical and Germanic philology, then, due to a change in his interests, history, German studies and philosophy. In 1903, he was awarded the title ''Die Gräfin Dolores. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des deutschen Geisteslebens im Zeitalter der Romantik'' and was awarded a doctorate in philology. In 1904, followed the examination for the higher
Lehramt. During his student days, he found his way into the
Freistudentenschaft
The Freistudentschaft was a German student body established in Wilhelmine Germany in 1900. It brought together students on a liberal basis, rejecting the uniforms other aspects of the German Student Corps
Corps (or Korps; "''das ~''" ('' n''), ...
or the local "Finkenschaft". He worked as a writer for the Leipzig Freistudentenschaft and wrote numerous articles in the freestudent press.
From 1904 to 1906 he worked as an assistant teacher at the
Königin-Carola-Gymnasium and
Alte Nikolaischule (Leipzig)-Gymnasium in Leipzig. From 1906 to 1911, he worked for the
B. G. Teubner Verlag, about which he published a work on the history of the company and wrote chapters I to V. From 1913; he was involved in the establishment of the newly founded city museum in Leipzig. Schulze was also active as a freelance writer and wrote, for example, articles for the ''
Allgemeine Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart''.
When
Albrecht Kurzwelly
Albrecht Alexander August Kurzwelly (20 January 1868 – 8 January 1917) was a German art historian, and founding director of the .
Life
Kurzwelly was born in 1868 in Leipzig as the son of the physician Martin Liberatus Kurzwelly (1831-1882) fr ...
died in 1917 as a result of a war injury, Schulze took over his position as 2nd head of the board of the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum. In 1918, he took over the position of the museum director and was its director until 1945. From 1928 to 1938, Schulze was also chairman of the .
Written jointly with , ''Das deutsche Studententum von den ältesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart'' is still considered a standard work on today.
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Schulze died in Halle Halle may refer to:
Places Germany
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at the age of 79.
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* ''Der deutsche Buchhandel und die geistigen Strömungen der letzten hundert Jahre.'' Verlag des Börsenvereins der deutschen Buchhändler, Leipzig 1925 (Leseprobe
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Further reading
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* ''Schulze, Friedrich.'' In : ''Verfasserlexikon zur Studenten- und Hochschulgeschichte.'' SH-Verlag, Cologne 2004, , .
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Directors of museums in Germany
German art historians
1881 deaths
1960 deaths
Writers from Weimar