| Code | DS/UK/1004 |
| Dates | 19/01/1905-23/08/1962 |
| Person Name | Solmitz; Walter (19/01/1905-23/08/1962); Dr. phil. |
| Surname | Solmitz |
| Forenames | Walter |
| Title | Dr. phil. |
| Activity | Philosopher; college teacher; assistant (1927) KWB; taught German (1943-1946) at University of Harvard; taught German, literature and philosophy (1946-1962) at Bowdoin College in Brunswick/Maine. |
| Relationships | Married (01/07/1936) to Elly Solmitz, née Reis. |
| History | Odenwaldschule (1918-1923); studied (1923-1930) philosophy at University of Heidelberg and the University of Hamburg, under Ernst Cassirer; emigrated to USA (1940); M.A. University of Harvard. |
| Source | Joist Grolle, Bericht von einem schwierigen Leben. Walter Solmitz. 1905-1962, Hamburg and Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1994; "Walter Solmitz" in Das Jüdische Hamburg, ed. by Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden, Göttingen: Wallstein, 2006, pp. 231-2. |
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