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Hermann Schoenfeld
1861–1926
A German-born scholar, diplomat, and essayist, this writer built a career connecting American and European intellectual life. His books range from literary studies and edited historical texts to wide-angle works on women, politics, and international affairs.
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Women of the Teutonic Nations
by Hermann Schoenfeld
About the author
Born in Oppeln, Germany, on January 21, 1861, he studied at the universities of Berlin, Breslau, and Leipzig before moving into teaching. In 1888 he began working as an instructor in modern languages in Providence, Rhode Island, and later taught in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
His career soon widened beyond the classroom. He taught at Johns Hopkins University, served as a U.S. consul in Riga under President Grover Cleveland, and investigated higher education in parts of Poland for the United States Bureau of Education. From 1894 onward, he was a professor of Germanics at Columbian University, now George Washington University.
He also wrote and edited extensively, contributing to magazines and encyclopedias in both German and English. Among the works linked with him are Brant and Erasmus, Higher Education in Poland, German Historical Prose, Leopold von Ranke, Bismarck's Speeches and Letters, and Women of the Teutonic Nations. His writing suggests a reader deeply interested in history, culture, and the movement of ideas between nations.