Hans Naumann

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German historian

Gender:

Male

Places:

Germany

Is:

Linguist Professor Educator Academic Historian Literary historian Ethnologist Editor Germanist Translator

Work field:

Academia Education Journalism Literature Social science

Birth:

13 May 1886(Görlitz, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany)

Death:

25 September 1951(Bonn, Cologne Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Star sign:

Taurus

Politics:

Nazi Party

Education:

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Landshut, Lower Bavaria, Germany

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany

University of Strasbourg

France

Kiel University

Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Employers:

Goethe University Frankfurt

Frankfurt, Darmstadt Government Region, Germany

University of Bonn

Bonn, Cologne Government Region, Germany

Family:

Children:

Claudia von Schubert Eberhard Naumann Hansjörg Naumann

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Hans Naumann (May 13, 1886 – September 25, 1951) was a German literary historian (philologist) and folklorist (Germanist). Naumann was the first historian to describe the Ottonian period as a medieval renaissance.

Naumann was born in Görlitz and died in Bonn. Being a member of the Nazi Party, Naumann was a strong proponent of the book burning.

Literary works

Grundzüge der deutschen Volkskunde, 1922
Deutsche Dichtung der Gegenwart, 1923
Germanischer Schicksalsglaube, 1934

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