Nipperdey, Thomas |
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BORN 27 Oct 1927, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen - DIED 14 Jun 1992, München, Bayern GRAVE LOCATION Icking, Bayern: Waldfriedhof, Waldhauser Strasse |
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Thomas Nipperdey was the son of the lawyer Hans Carl Nipperdey (1895-1968). His sister was the theologist Dorothee Sölle. He studied philosophy, history and German philology in Göttingen, Cologne and Cambridge. He taught history at Göttingen before he becamne a professor in Karlsruhe in 1963 and in Berlin in 1967. From 1971 to 1992 he worked for the University of Munich. His most import work is a history of Germany from 1800 to 1918, published in three volumes between 1983 and 1992. He died in 1992 in Munich. |
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 The grave of Thomas Nipperdey at the Waldfriedhof in Icking, Bavaria. Picture by Androom (19 Aug 2012) |
Sources • Thomas Nipperdey - Wikipedia |
