Eberhard H. Gothein (29 October 1853 in Neumarkt – 13 November 1923 in

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) was a German economist and historian. Gothein was a professor at

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(1885),

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(1890), and

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(1904). He was a representative of the liberal-positivist opposition against the

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n historical school of Treitschke and Sybel, which was prevalent in Germany. Gothein was the author of valuable works on cultural and economic history, primarily of the 15th to 17th centuries. Furthermore, he was one of the founding fathers of the

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's predecessor, the ''Handelshochschule Mannheim''.

Early life

On 29 October 1853, Gothein was born in Neumarkt,

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Education

Gothein studied history, arts and economics at the

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and the

until 1877, when he obtained his

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. Gothein finished his

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in 1878 in Wrocław. Wohnhaus_Gothein

Live

Later, Gothein, together with

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's senior mayor Otto Beck, initiated the foundation of the ''Handelshochschule Mannheim'' to revive academic education in Mannheim.

Publications

* ''Der gemeine Pfennig auf dem Reichstage von Worms''. Dissertation. Breslau 1877. * ''Politische und religiöse Volksbewegungen vor der Reformation''. Breslau 1878 * ''Die Aufgaben der Kulturgeschichte''. Veit & Comp, Leipzig 1889. * ''Wirtschaftsgeschichte des Schwarzwaldes und der angrenzenden Landschaften''. Trübner, Strasbourg 1892. * ''Die badischen Markgrafschaften im 16. Jahrhundert''. Winter, Heidelberg 1910. * ''Die Renaissance in Süditalien''. Duncker & Humblot, Munich 1924.

Literature

* * Andreas Cser: ''Eberhard Gothein (1853-1923). Max Webers Nachfolger auf dem Heidelberger Lehrstuhl ür Nationalökonomie Aspekte seiner Wissenschaftsbiographie''. In: Heidelberg. Jahrbuch zur Geschichte der Stadt 11, 2006/07, S. 57-82. * Marie Luise Gothein
''Eberhard Gothein. Ein Lebensbild. Seinen Briefen nacherzählt.''
Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1931. * Michael Maurer: ''Eberhard Gothein (1853-1923). Leben und Werk zwischen Kulturgeschichte und Nationalökonomie''. Böhlau, Köln u.a. 2007, * Michael Maurer, Johanna Sänger und Editha Ulrich (Hrsg.): ''„Im Schaffen geniessen.“ Der Briefwechsel der Kulturwissenschaftler Eberhard und Maria Luise Gothein (1883-1923).'' Böhlau, Köln u.a. 2006, * Dagmar Drüll: ''Heidelberger Gelehrtenlexikon 1803-1932''. ( Hrsg.): Rektorat der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität-Heidelberg. Springer Berlin Heidelberg Tokio. 2012. 324 S.

References

External links

Mannheim's official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gothein, Eberhard 1853 births 1923 deaths German political writers German male non-fiction writers