Eppelsheimer, Hanns W., 1890-1972

LC control no.	nr 95034801
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Eppelsheimer, Hanns W., 1890-1972 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Eppelsheimer, Hans Wilhelm, 1890-1972
Other standard no.	34519498
Associated country	Germany
Located	Darmstadt (Germany) Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Freiburg (Germany) Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) Marburg (Germany)
Birth date	1890-10-17
Death date	1972-08-14
Place of birth	Wörrstadt (Germany)
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Field of activity	Comparative literature Criticism Library science
Affiliation	Deutsche Bibliothek (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Profession or occupation	Critics Librarians Lecturers
Found in	Hanns W. Eppelsheimer (1890-1972), 1990: t.p. (librarian and "homme de lettres") Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, 1999: p. facing t.p. (founded by Hanns W. Eppelsheimer) LC in RLIN, Mar. 22, 2001 (Less than fully authenticated serial hdg.: Eppelsheimer, Hanns Wilhelm, 1890- ) Zur Religiosität Petrarca: page [363] (Hans Wilhelm Eppelsheimer) German Wikipedia, viewed 12 December 2014 (Hanns Wilhelm Eppelsheimer; Born 17 October 1890 in Wörrstadt, died 14 August 1972 in Frankfurt am Main. German librarian and literary critic. Studied jurisprudence, history, French, Germany, art history, and philosophy in Mainz, Freiburg, Munich, and Marburg. Served in World War I. Worked as public librarian in Mainz. He became director of the Landesbibliothek Darmstadt in 1929, but was forced out by the Nazis in 1933 since he was a social democrat; he was reinstated in 1945. In 1946, he became director of the Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main. Co-founded the Deutschen Bibliothek in Frankfurt am Main and directed it from 1947 to 1959. Lectured in comparative literature at the Universität Frankfurt.)
Associated language	ger