author

Karl Weule

1864–1926

A German geographer and ethnologist, he helped turn Leipzig’s Museum of Ethnology into a major research institution and also wrote accessible books on geography and ethnology for a wider public.

3 Audiobooks

Negerleben in Ostafrika : Ergebnisse einer Ethnologischen Forschungsreise

Negerleben in Ostafrika : Ergebnisse einer Ethnologischen Forschungsreise

by Karl Weule

Native life in East Africa : the results of an ethnological research expedition

Native life in East Africa : the results of an ethnological research expedition

by Karl Weule

Die Anfänge der Naturbeherrschung. 1. Frühformen der Mechanik

Die Anfänge der Naturbeherrschung. 1. Frühformen der Mechanik

by Karl Weule

About the author

Born in Alt-Wallmoden on February 29, 1864, he studied in Göttingen and Leipzig, focusing on history, geography, German philology, and related fields. He completed a doctorate in geography at Leipzig, then continued his academic work in both geography and ethnology.

His career became closely tied to Leipzig’s Museum of Ethnology, where he served as director from 1907 and helped expand it into an internationally important scientific collection. Sources also connect him with teaching and research at the University of Leipzig, including the ethnographic seminar and later institutional work in ethnology.

He is remembered as a scholar of Africa and as a popular writer who brought geographic and ethnological subjects to general readers as well as specialists. He died in Leipzig on April 19, 1926.