Hans Duhm (12 August 1878,

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 ...

– 4 January 1946) was a German–Swiss

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master. Born in

, Germany, he was the elder brother of Dietrich Duhm and Andreas Duhm. His father,

Bernhard Duhm Bernhard Lauardus Duhm (October 10, 1847 – November 1, 1928) was a German Lutheran theologian, born in Bingum, today part of Leer, East Frisia. He was a member of the history of religions school. Early life and education Duhm studied theolo ...

, was a professor for Protestant theology (

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) in Göttingen and Basel, Switzerland. Hans studied theology too, graduated from the

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(then German Empire), and received the ''Lizentiate'' degree (post graduate Doctorate). He published a theologian book ''Die bösen Geister im Alten Testament'' (Mohr Verlag, Tübingen und Leipzig 1904). He was a professor of Exegesis of the Old Testament in Göttingen and Breslau. He shared 1st at St. Gallen 1901 (

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) and became a co-champion. He tied for 16-17th in the

Mannheim 1914 chess tournament The 19th DSB Congress (''19. Kongreß des Deutschen Schachbundes''), comprising several tournaments, began on 20 July 1914 in Mannheim. Germany declared war on Russia (on August 1) and on France (August 3), Britain joining in the next day. The con ...

(the 19th

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, ''Hauptturnier A'', Hallegua won), and tied for 7-8th at Hannover 1926 (

Aron Nimzowitsch Aron Nimzowitsch ( lv, Ārons Nimcovičs, russian: Аро́н Иса́евич Нимцо́вич, ''Aron Isayevich Nimtsovich''; 7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935) was a Latvian-born Danish chess player and writer. In the late 1920s, Nimz ...

won). Dr. Hans Duhm was five-time Lower Saxony Champion (''Der Niedersächsische Schachverband'', 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, and 1929).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Duhm, Hans 1878 births 1946 deaths Sportspeople from Göttingen German chess players Swiss chess players 20th-century German Protestant theologians University of Strasbourg alumni German male non-fiction writers