| Code | DS/UK/628 |
| Dates | 04/10/1871-21/02/1948 |
| Person Name | Mayer; Gustav (04/10/1871-21/02/1948); Prof. Dr. |
| Surname | Mayer |
| Forenames | Gustav |
| Title | Prof. Dr. |
| Activity | Journalist and historian of the [German] labour movement. Foreign affairs correspondent for the Frankfurter Zeitung in the Netherlands, Belgium and France (1896-1906); [briefly] Professor in Brussels; private scholar (1908-); Professor for the history of democracy, socialism in Germany and history of parties (Berlin, Frankfurt a.M.); emigration to Great Britain (1936). |
| Relationships | His sister was the Zionist Mrs. [K.] Jasper. |
| History | Studied history and economics; dissertation in Basle (1893). |
| Source | Jens Prellwitz: Jüdisches Erbe, sozialliberales Ethos, deutsche Nation: Gustav Mayer im Kaiserreich und in der Weimarer Republik. Mannheim, Palatium-Verl., 1998; Gottfried Niedhart (Hrsg.): Gustav Mayer - Als deutsch-jüdischer Historiker in Krieg und Revolution 1914-1920. Tagebücher, Aufzeichnungen, Briefe. München: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag 2009; "Gustav Mayer", URL: <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mayer> [accessed 17/01/2011]. |
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