Ernst Melzer

Male, Deceased Person

1835 – 1899

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Who was Ernst Melzer?

Ernst Melzer was a German educator and philosopher born in the Silesian village of Leifersdorf.

He studied studied philosophy and theology at the University of Bonn, earning his doctorate in 1860. From 1868 to 1885 he taught classes in Neisse. He died in Bonn on February 1, 1899.

Initially a prominent supporter of Güntherianism; in the 1870s he became involved with the German Old Catholic movement. He was the author of a biographical work on theologian Johann Baptista Baltzer called "Johannes Baptista Baltzers Leben, Wirken und wissenschaftliche Bedeutung". Other significant publications by Melzer include:

Goethes philosophische Entwicklung, 1884.

Erkenntnistheoretische Erörterungen über die Systeme von Ulrici und Günther, 1886.

Der Beweis für das Dasein Gottes und seine Persoenlichkeit, 1895.

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Born
Sep 21, 1835
Died
Feb 1, 1899

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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