Paul Requadt (23 January 1902 – 17 July 1983) was a German

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Life

Born in

Twistringen Twistringen is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located approximately 30 km northeast of Diepholz, and 30 km southwest of Bremen. The source of the Delme river is located in the city. The most important a ...

, from 1920 to 1926 Requadt studied law in Göttingen, Heidelberg, Munich and Cologne before switching to

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, history, philosophy and sociology. After the

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in 1926 with

Ernst Bertram Ernst August Bertram (27 July 1884 – 3 May 1957) was a German professor of German studies at the University of Cologne, but also a poet and writer who was close to the George-Kreis and the lyricist Stefan George. Life Bertram was born the so ...

at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne () is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in 1388. It closed in 1798 before being re-established in 1919. It is now one of the largest universities in Germany with around 45,187 students. The Universit ...

and

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in 1944 with at the

University of Rostock The University of Rostock () is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Se ...

, he was ''

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'' at the

University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...

from 1947 to 1950, where he taught as professor of German philology from 1950 to 1970. Requadt died in Mainz at the age of 81.

Publications

* ''

Johannes von Müller Johannes von Müller (3 January 1752 – 29 May 1809) was a Swiss historian. Biography He was born in Schaffhausen, where his father was a clergyman and rector of the gymnasium. In his youth, his maternal grandfather, Johannes Schoop (1696–1 ...

und der Frühhistorismus''. Munich 1929, . * ''Beethoven'' * ''Die Bildersprache der deutschen Italiendichtung. Von

Goethe Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on Western literature, literary, Polit ...

bis Benn''. Bern 1962, . * ''Lichtenberg''. Stuttgart 1964, . * ''Bildlichkeit der Dichtung. Aufsätze zur deutschen Literatur vom 18. bis 20. Jahrhundert''.''Bildlichkeit der Dichtung. Aufsätze zur deutschen Literatur vom 18. bis 20. Jahrhundert''
on WorldCat Munich 1974, .

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Nazi Party members German Germanists Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 1902 births 1983 deaths People from Diepholz (district) {{Germany-academic-bio-stub