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HERMANN SCHULTZ (1836- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 383 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HERMANN See also:SCHULTZ (1836- )  , See also:German See also:Protestant theologian, was See also:born at Luchow in See also:Hanover on the 3oth of See also:December 1836 . He studied at See also:Gottingen and See also:Erlangen, became See also:professor at See also:Basel in 1864, and eventually (1876) professor ordinaries at Gottingen . Here he has also held the appointments of See also:chief university preacher, councillor to the See also:consistory (from 1881) and See also:abbot of Bursfelde (189o) . Professor See also:Schultz's theological standpoint was that of a moderate liberal . " It is thought by many that he has succeeded in discovering the via See also:media between the positions of Biblical scholars like See also:Delitzsch on the one See also:hand and See also:Stade on the other " (Prof . J . A . See also:Paterson) . He is well known to See also:British and See also:American students as the author of an excellent See also:work on Old Testament See also:Theology (2 vols., 1869, 5th ed., 1896; Eng. trans., 2nd ed., 1895) . uniformity of legislation throughout the states of See also:Germany, in 1869, by the publication of See also:Die Gesetzgebung fiber die privatrechtliche Stellung der Erwerbs- and Wirthschaftsgenossenschaften, &c . His See also:life-work was now See also:complete ; he had placed the advantages of See also:capital and co-operation within the reach of struggling tradesmen throughout Germany . His remaining years were spent in consolidating this work .

Both as a writer and a member of the Reichstag his See also:

industry was incessant, and he died in See also:harness on the 29th of See also:April 1883 at See also:Potsdam, leaving the reputation of a benefactor to the smaller tradesmen and artisans, in which See also:light he must be regarded rather than as the founder of true co-operative principles in Germany .

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