HERMANN

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• HERMANN SCHULTZ (1836- )

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

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