Ernst Sieper

Ernst Sieper
Born	30 August 1863 Durchsholz Lennep Remscheid
Died	January 6, 1916 (aged 52) Munich
Education	From 1869 to 1878 he attended elementary school in Lennep, besides he received private lessons in realism, French and music. In 1870 he was student of the Preparatory Institute in Götterswickerhamm in Wesel. From autumn of 1880 to 1883 we was pupil at the teacher training college at Rheydt. After passing his first teacher exam, he taught until Easter 1889, most recently as a teacher at the higher daughter school in Solingen. In fall of 1890 passed his graduation exam at the Realgymnasium in Barmen and studied till the winter semester of 1894-95 at the University of Bonn Germanic philology and its auxiliary sciences. In addition, he also heard lectures on philosophy, art history and geography. In the spring of 1894, he made a study trip to England.
Alma mater	On November 26, 1894 he attended his Rigorosum at the University of Heidelberg, University of Bonn. October 25, 1895 Doctor of Philosophy: Die Geschichte von Soliman und Perseda in der neueren Litteratur. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doctorwürde der hohen philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg [1]
Spouse(s)	July 11, 1904 married to Luise Oldenbourg daughter of Hans Oldenbourg (1849–1922) granddaughter of Rudolf Oldenbourg (Verleger) editor Munich.

Ernst Sieper was a German Anglicist.

• From 1890 to 1895 he was employed as Elementary school teacher.
• From 1896 to 1898 he studied and researched in England.
• in summer semester 1898 habilitated from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
• Wintersemester 1904, 1905 became extraordinary Professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Publications

• His most important contribution to science was his scholarly edition of John Lydgate's "Reason and Sensuality" (Early Engl. Text. Soc., Extra Ser. 84, 1901).
• He also edited "Les echecs amoureux," an old French allegory in the style of the "Roman de la Rose," and the source of Lydgate's poem (Weimar, 1898).

Soon, however, Professor Sieper's interest was directed towards the modern period of English literature, and he devoted himself to the study of the aesthetic movement in the Romantic and the Victorian age. The fruits of his researches in this never forsook the cause he had espoused. In numerous newspaper articles he pleaded for fair play and reacted against the vagaries of chauvinism. It was his sacred conviction that an ultimate adjustment of the conflicting political interests of England and Germany was possible, and that it ought to be prepared by intellectual and social cooperation. And no doubt, had Professor Sieper lived to see the conclusion of peace, his influence would have contributed in a large measure to Intellectual and social cooperation. And no doubt had Professor Sieper lived to see the conclusion of peace, his influence would have contributed to a large measure to quiet the chauvinists on both sides of the Channel, at least in the république des letrees.

• On January 6, 1916 he died at Munich, Germany, as professor of English literature and philology at the University of Munich.[2]
• Die Geschichte von Soliman und Perseda in der neueren Litteratur 90
• Les Echecs Amoureux 98;

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References

1. Die Geschichte von Soliman und Perseda in der neueren Litteratur, p. 30]
2. Walter Fischer, Privatdozent für englische Philologie University of Würzburg für die Dauer des Krieges an die Universität Gent berufen. January 19916 published in The Nation April 27, 1916
3. Publications
4. Ernst Sieper was probably unique among German Anglicists in defending England even after the outbreak of war; however, he later joined in the propaganda fray. Compare, Peter Edgerly Firchow, Strange Meetings: Anglo-German Literary Encounters from 1910 to 1960, p. 63