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A. E. (Adolf Eduard) Zucker
1890–1971
A German-American scholar and teacher, he wrote with unusual range on theater, literature, immigration, and the lives of German-speaking figures in America. His work helped connect American readers with German culture across both scholarship and public life.
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The Chinese theater
by A. E. (Adolf Eduard) Zucker
About the author
Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1890, he became an American scholar of German language and literature whose career moved between the United States, China, and Europe. He studied at the University of Illinois, earned bachelor's and master's degrees there, and completed a Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania.
He taught in Texas and at the University of Pennsylvania, then spent several years in Peking as a German teacher and assistant professor of English. After further study at the Sorbonne, he taught at the University of Maryland for many years, with additional periods at the University of North Carolina and Indiana University. During 1945–46, he also worked with the American military administration in Germany in cultural and educational affairs.
His books and articles covered a wide span of interests, including German-American history, modern literature, Henrik Ibsen, and theater. Among the works linked with his name are The Chinese Theatre, The Forty-eighters: Political Refugees of the German Revolution of 1848, and General De Kalb, Lafayette's Mentor. In 1959, he was awarded the Federal Republic of Germany's Order of Merit.