Julius Stinde
Julius Stinde(28 August 1841 – 5 August 1905), was a German author born atKirchnüchelinHolstein,the son of a clergyman.
Having attended the gymnasium at Eutin, he was apprenticed in 1858 to a chemist inLübeck.He soon tired of the shop, and went to study chemistry atKiel,JenaandGiessenwhere he proceeded to the degree of PhD. In 1863 Stinde received an appointment as consulting chemist to a large industrial undertaking inHamburg;but, becoming editor of theHamburger Gewerbeblatt,he gradually transferred his energies to journalism.[1]
His earliest works were little comedies, dealing with Hamburg life, though he continued to make scientific contributions to various journals. In 1876 Stinde settled in Berlin and began the series of stories of the Buchholz family, vivid and humorous studies ofBerlinmiddle-class life by which he is most widely known. He died atOlsberg.
The first of the seriesBuchholzens in Italien(translated by HF Powell, 1887) appeared in 1883 and achieved an immense success. It was followed byDie Familie Buchholzin 1884 (translated by LD Schmitz, 1885);Frau Buchholz im Orientin 1888;Frau Wilhelmine(Der Familie Buchholz letzter Teil;translated by HF Powell, 1887) in 1886;Wilhelmine Buchholz Memoiren,in 1894; andHotel Buchholz;Ausstellungserlebnisse der Frau Wilhelmine Buchholz,in 1896.
Under the pseudonyms of Alfred de Valmy, Wilhelmine Buchholz and Richard E Ward, he also published various other works of more or less merit. HisWaldnovellen(1881) have been translated into English.
References
[edit]- ^Andreas W. Daum,Wissenschaftspopularisierung im 19. Jahrhundert: Bürgerliche Kultur, naturwissenschaftliche Bildung und die deutsche Öffentlichkeit, 1848–1914.Munich: Oldenbourg, 1998, pp. 389, 420, 457, 512, including a brief biography.
External links
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- Works by or about Julius Stindeat theInternet Archive
- Bio- and bibliography, texts and other materials in German
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911). "Stinde, Julius".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 923.
