Alfred Biese

Alfred Biese was born in Putbus on Rügen in 1856 and became known as a German literary historian, teacher, and school leader. Reliable biographical sources describe him as a scholar of literature who also had a long career in education.

He is especially associated with writing literary history and with public-facing literary scholarship. Sources also note that he served as director of the Kaiser-Friedrichs-Gymnasium in Frankfurt from 1913 to 1921, showing how closely his academic interests were tied to his work as an educator.

There is some disagreement in available sources about details of his death, but they consistently place it in March 1930. What stands out most is the range of his career: he was not only a literary historian, but also a teacher and cultural figure who took part in Frankfurt’s intellectual life.