Karl Wichmann
Karl Wichmann (1868–1948) was a German literary scholar, who served as professor of German at the University of Sheffield from 1901 to 1907, and then at the University of Birmingham from 1907 to 1917.[1][2][3] His dismissal from Birmingham in the midst of the First World War has been the subject of scholarship.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Christopher T. Husbands, "German Academics in British Universities During the First World War: The Case of Karl Wichmann", German Life and Letters, vol. 60, no. 4 (October 2007), pp. 493–517.
- ^ Christopher T. Husbands, "Karl Wichmann (1868–1948): A Research Note", German Life and Letters, vol. 65, no. 3 (July 2012), pp. 333–343.
- ^ For the year of his appointment at Sheffield, see A. W. Chapman, The Story of a Modern University: A History of the University of Sheffield (Sheffield: University of Sheffield, 1955), p. 219. For his departure, see Christopher T. Husbands, "German-/Austrian-origin Professors of German in British Universities during the First World War: The Lessons of Four Case Studies" (discussion paper, London School of Economics, 2013).