Philipp Engelhard Nathusius, since 1861: ''von Nathusius'' (November 5, 1815 in

Althaldensleben Haldensleben (; Eastphalian: ''Halslä'') is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Börde district. Geography It is situated on the Ohre river, near the confluence with its Beber tributary, and the parallel Mitt ...

– August 16, 1872 in

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) was a German publisher and founder of a charitable organization in Neinstedt.

Life

He was a son of the industrialist

Johann Gottlob Nathusius Johann Gottlob Nathusius (April 30, 1760 – July 23, 1835) was a German industrialist. Nathusius was born in Baruth, and learned the trade of a merchant in Berlin, later joining the trading company Sengewald in Magdeburg. After the death of the ...

. One of his brothers was

Hermann von Nathusius Hermann Engelhard von Nathusius (9 December 1809 – 29 June 1879) was a German animal breeder. Born in Magdeburg to industrialist Johann Gottlob Nathusius, Hermann von Nathusius studied the natural sciences. He took over from his father and tu ...

. Nathusius grew up at the family estate in Althaldensleben. 1832 he started to work in the Nathusius-porcelain factory. Already as young man he was very interested in literature (his grandmother was the poet Philippine Engelhard). 1836 he met in Berlin Bettina von Arnim; with her he stayed several years in contact. She made him the main character in her novel ''Ilius Pamphilius und die Ambrosia''. He married 1841 Marie Scheele, later a well known novelist. The couple established 1847 a first charity home for orphans in Althaldensleben. Later he established a much bigger charitable organization in Neinstedt (today known as the "Neinstedter Anstalten"). 1849 Nathusius became editor in chief of the ''Volksblatt für Stadt und Land zur Belehrung und Unterhaltung''. Since 1861 he acted as publisher of the weekly newspaper. Ten years later his son,

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, became his successor. Another son was the politician Philipp von Nathusius, and a granddaughter the novelist

Annemarie von Nathusius Annemarie von Nathusius, originally ''Anna Maria Luise von Nathusius'' (28 August 1874, in Ludom/Poznań – 17 October 1926, in Berlin), was a German novelist who wrote boldly about issues of women’s sexuality and lived a distinctly unconventio ...

. 1861 Nathusius became ennobled, after several years illness he died 1872 during a

convalescence Convalescence is the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness or injury. It refers to the later stage of an infectious disease or illness when the patient recovers and returns to previous health, but may continue to be a source of ...

in Switzerland.

Works

* ''Fünfzig Gedichte'', 1839 * ''Ulrich von Hutten. Volksthümliche Betrachtungen des gegenwärtigen kirchlichen Streites in Deutschland'', 1839 * ''Noch fünfzig Gedichte'', 1841 * ''Lebensbild der heimgegangenen Marie Nathusius, geb. Scheele'', 3 Bände, 1868/69 * ''Dokumente und Umstände einer nicht zustandegekommenen Claudius-Biographie''

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(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nathusius, Philipp von 1815 births 1872 deaths 19th-century German newspaper publishers (people) German male writers