Eberhard H. Gothein (29 October 1853 inNeumarkt – 13 November 1923 inBerlin) was a German economist and historian. Gothein was a professor atUniversity of Karlsruhe (1885),University of Bonn (1890), andHeidelberg University (1904). He was a representative of the liberal-positivist opposition against thePrussian historical school of Treitschke and Sybel, which was prevalent in Germany. Gothein was the author of valuable works on cultural and economic history, primarily of the 15th to 17th centuries. Furthermore, he was one of the founding fathers of theUniversity of Mannheim's predecessor, theHandelshochschule Mannheim.[2][3][4]
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Later, Gothein, together withMannheim's senior mayorOtto Beck, initiated the foundation of theHandelshochschule Mannheim to revive academic education in Mannheim.
Andreas Cser:Eberhard Gothein (1853-1923). Max Webers Nachfolger auf dem Heidelberger Lehrstuhl [für Nationalökonomie]. Aspekte seiner Wissenschaftsbiographie. In: Heidelberg. Jahrbuch zur Geschichte der Stadt 11, 2006/07, S. 57-82.ISSN1432-6116
Michael Maurer:Eberhard Gothein (1853-1923). Leben und Werk zwischen Kulturgeschichte und Nationalökonomie. Böhlau, Köln u.a. 2007,ISBN978-3-412-22606-0
Michael Maurer, Johanna Sänger und Editha Ulrich (Hrsg.):„Im Schaffen geniessen.“ Der Briefwechsel der Kulturwissenschaftler Eberhard und Maria Luise Gothein (1883-1923). Böhlau, Köln u.a. 2006,ISBN978-3-412-34705-5
Dagmar Drüll:Heidelberger Gelehrtenlexikon 1803-1932. ( Hrsg.): Rektorat der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität-Heidelberg. Springer Berlin Heidelberg Tokio. 2012. 324 S.ISBN978-3642707612
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