Curt Egon Thesing (21 April 1879,
Danzig,
West Prussia
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, today's Gdańsk, Poland – 25 May 1956,
Bad Tölz
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History
Archaeology has shown continuous occupation of the site of Bad Tölz since the retreat of the gla ...
, West Germany) was a German zoologist, publisher, populariser of science and translator.
Life
In 1913 Thesing joined Otto val Halem as partner and managing director of Veit and Comp. Following wartime propaganda collaboration with a German-Austrian publishers' association, Veit & Comp. was incorporated into
Walter de Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.
History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...
on 1 January 1919 – despite some political reservations from Thesing, who was on the political left. In May 1920 he withdrew as a partner from the firm for health reasons.
[Anne-Katrin Ziesak, Hans-Robert Cram & Kurt-Georg Cram, ''Walter de Gruyter: publishers 1749–1999'', Walter de Gruyter, 1999, pp. 134, 137, 233, 237.]
Works
;Authored works
* ''Lectures on Biology''. London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 1910. Translated from the 2nd ed. by W. R. Boelter.
* ''Stammesgeschichte der Liebe'', Berlin: Brehm,
932
Year 932 (Roman numerals, CMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – Alberic II of Spoleto, Alberic II leads an uprising at Rome against his stepfather Hugh of Italy, Hu ...
Translated by
Eden and
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Biography
Gertrude Davenport came from a musical family: she was the granddaughter of the composer George Ale ...
as ''Genealogy of love'', London : Routledge, 1933. American edition ''Genealogy of sex: sex in its myriad forms, from the one-celled animal to the human being''. New York: Emerson Books, 1934.
* ''Schule der Biologie '', 1934. Translated by
Eden and
Cedar Paul Cedar Paul, ''née'' Gertrude Mary Davenport (1880 – 18 March 1972) was a singer, author, translator and journalist.''Who Was Who''
Biography
Gertrude Davenport came from a musical family: she was the granddaughter of the composer George Ale ...
as ''School of Biology'', London: G. Routledge and sons, Ltd., 1935.
;Translations
*(tr. with Marguerite Thesing) ''Mein Leben und Work'' by
Henry Ford
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. Leipzig:
Paul List (publisher), 1923. Translated from ''My Life and Work'', New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923
* (tr.) ''Hauptmann Sorrell und sein Sohn: roman'' by
Warwick Deeping. Bremen: Schünemann, 1927. Translated from ''Sorrell and Son'', London: Cassell & Co.
* (tr.) ''Der rote Handel droht! : Der Fortschritt des Fünfjahresplans der Sowjets'' by
H. R. Knickerbocker. 1931. Translated from ''Fighting the Red trade menace''
* (tr.) ''Bezwinger des Hungers'' by
Paul Henry de Kruif. Berlin: Holle & Co. Verlag,
934. Translated from ''Hunger fighters''.
* (tr.) ''Frau Buck and ihre Töchter. Roman'' by
Warwick Deeping. Bremen: Carl Schünemann, Verlag,
937
Year 937 ( CMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* A Hungarian army invades Burgundy, and burns the city of Tournus. Then they go southwards to Italy, pillaging the environs of ...
Translated from ''The Road''.
References
Further reading
* Horst Brasch, ''Lebensdauer. Erinnerung an Curt Thesing, einen deutschen Patrioten und Humanisten'', Berlin (East), 1987
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Andreas Daum
Andreas W. Daum is a German-American historian who specializes in modern German and transatlantic history, as well as the history of knowledge and global exploration.
Daum received his Ph.D. summa cum laude in 1995 from the Ludwig Maximilian Unive ...
, ''Wissenschaftspopularisierung im 19. Jahrhundert. Bürgerliche Kultur, naturwissenschaftliche Bildung und die deutsche Öffentlichkeit 1848–1914'', Munich, 1998, .
1879 births
1956 deaths
Scientists from Gdańsk
People from West Prussia
20th-century German zoologists
20th-century German publishers (people)
German Peace Society members
English–German translators
German male non-fiction writers
German translators
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