Rossmann, W

LC control no.	n 2011046432
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Rossmann, W. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Rossmann, W. (Wilhelm) Rossmann, Wilhelm
Associated place	Jena, Germany Weimar, Thuringia, Germany Düsseldorf, Germany Meissen, Saxony, Germany Dresden, Germany
Birth date	18320529
Death date	18850206
Place of birth	Seesen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Field of activity	Reformation Theology History Art--History Education, Higher Librettos Dramatic music Travelers' writings
Affiliation	Universität Jena Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Sammlungen für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Dresden, Germany) Albrechtsburg (Museum : Meissen, Saxony, Germany) Gemäldegalerie (Dresden, Germany) Grossherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstschule Weimar Hoftheater Meissen
Profession or occupation	Theologians Historians Art historians College teachers Librettists Dramatists Travel writers
Found in	Luther in Worms, 18--: t.p. (W. Rossmann) Detlev Prössdorf and Karin Freist-Wissing's "Luther in Worms," viewed July 3, 2013 (Wilhelm Rossmann; 1832-1885; wrote libretto in 1867; son of Protestant minister; studied theology and history, specializing in history of the Reformation) <http://www.freiheitsraumreformation.de/download/Luther_in_Worms.pdf> "Rossmann, Wilhelm" in Meyers Konversationslexikon, Bd. 13, p. 983, viewed on Retro-Bibliothek July 3, 2013 (Wilhelm Rossmann; art historian; b. May 29, 1832, in Seesen, Braunschweig; d. Feb. 6, 1885; studied theology, esp. history, earned Ph.D. from Univ. Jena in 1856; private tutor to crown prince Bernhard von Sachsen-Meiningen, 1860-69, writing about their travels to Naples & Rome (1868/69) and Asia (1872/73); switched focus to art history and theater; appointed prof. of art history at Kunstschule zu Weimar in 1872, then the Akademie zu Düsseldorf in 1873, leaving that same year to work at the Königlichen Sammlungen für Kunst und Wissenschaft zu Dresden; drew up plans for artistic decoration of the Hoftheater and the Albrechtsburg zu Meissen, taking over general mgmt of the later; published engravings of modern paintings held by the Dresdener Galerie) <http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=113830>
Associated language	ger