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Mathilde Wolff-Mönckeberg
Mathilde Wolff-Mönckeberg (1879 – 1958), also known as Tilli, was a German-born writer and translator. She was the seventh child of Johann Georg Mönckeberg (1839–1908), Johann Georg Mönckeberg, a lawyer and Lord Mayor of Hamburg. After her education at school in Hamburg, she travelled to Florence for further study, where in 1900 she stayed with Aby Warburg and Mary Warburg. She married the Dutch art historian André Jolles (1874–1946) on 8 September 1900 and together they had five children (Hendrik (d.1902), Hendrika, Jacoba, Jan, Otto, Ruth). They moved to Freiburg in 1902 and Berlin in 1909 where Mathilde worked as a translator, before their divorce on 26 July 1918. She then returned to Hamburg and in 1923–4, she published a German translation (entitled ''Herbst des Mittelalters'') of the Dutch cultural historian Johan Huizinga's ''Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen'' (1919), (English translation ''The Autumn of the Middle Ages'' (1996)). In 1925, she married Emil Wolff, a P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Georg Mönckeberg (1839–1908)
Johann Georg Mönckeberg (born 22 August 1839 in Hamburg, died 27 March 1908 in Hamburg) was a Hamburg politician, who served as First Mayor of Hamburg in 1890, 1893, 1896, 1899, 1902, 1904–1905, and 1908. He studied law at Heidelberg University and at the University of Göttingen, and worked as a lawyer in Hamburg from 1862. He was elected to the Hamburg Parliament in 1871 and became a Senate of Hamburg, Senator in 1876, serving until his death. The Mönckebergstraße is named in his honour. He was married to Elise Mathilde Tesdorpf.Helge Dvorak: ''Biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Burschenschaft.'' Vol. I, Part 4, Heidelberg 2000, pp. 122–123. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Monckeberg, Johann Georg 19th-century German lawyers Members of the Hamburg Parliament Mayors of Hamburg Senators of Hamburg (before 1919) Heidelberg University alumni University of Göttingen alumni 1839 births 1908 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |