Eberhard Gothein (1853–1923)
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Born 1853 · died 1923
Eberhard H. Gothein was a German economist and historian. Gothein was a professor at University of Karlsruhe (1885), University of Bonn (1890), and Heidelberg University (1904). He was a representative of the liberal-positivist opposition against the Prussian historical school of Heinrich von Treitschke and Heinrich von Sybel, which was prevalent in Germany. Gothein was the author of valuable works on cultural and economic history, primarily of the 15th to 17th centuries. Furthermore, he was one of the founding fathers of the University of Mannheim's predecessor, the Handelshochschule Mannheim.
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Where the papers are held
The surviving papers of Eberhard Gothein (1853–1923) are held at Heidelberg University Library.
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