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Prof. Dr. Alfred Philippson

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Birthplace: Bonn, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Death: January 30, 1953 (89)
Bonn, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Immediate Family:

Son of Rabbi Dr. Phil. Ludwig Philippson and Mathilde Philippson
Husband of Grete Therese Philippson; Lina Anna Philippson and Dr. Margarete Therese Philippson
Father of Mathilde Philippson; Ludwig Philippson; Dora Philippson and Eva Philippson
Brother of Martin Emanuel Philippson; Meta Philippson; Joseph Philippson; Franz Moïse Philippson and Richard Philippson
Half brother of Johanna Rahel Cohn; Bertha Kayserling and Rosalie Wiesenthal

Occupation: Professor für Geographie in Bonn
Managed by: Kitty Munson Cooper
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About Prof. Dr. Alfred Philippson

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Source - 1st of march 2017: http://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/persoenlichkeiten/P/Seiten/...

ALFRED PHILIPPSON (1864–1953), the youngest son of Ludwig, born at Bonn, became a geographer and geologist. As a student of Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833–1905), the founder of modern geography, he followed his teacher from Bonn to Leipzig University, where he took his doctor's degree (Studien ueber Wasserscheiden) in 1886, aged 22. In the course of a distinguished career he specialized in the east Mediterranean region, particularly Greece and Asia Minor. In 1891, he was appointed university lecturer at Bonn, 1899 assistant professor. Since a full professorship was denied to him as a Jew, he accepted a chair at Basel University in 1904, finally becoming head of the department of geography. In 1906, he was called back to Halle, and in 1911 to Bonn. In 1929, upon his retirement, his pupils and admirers published a volume of geographical essays in his honor. Several of his many books have become classics of regional geography, among them: Der Peloponnes (1892), Zur Morphologie des rheinischen Schiefergebirges (1903), Das Mittelmeergebiet (1904, 19224), Europa (1905, 19283), Grundzüge der allgemeinen Geographie (1921/24, 1930/33), Das fernste Italien (1925), and Das byzantinische Reich als geographische Erscheinung (1939). In 1933, he was awarded the Great Gold Richthofen Medal by the German Geographical Society. He continued to play a leading role in German geographical research until he was banned from the university and all other scientific bodies by the Nazi regime. In 1942, at the age of 78, he was deported to *Theresienstadt but managed to survive. In 1945, despite terrible suffering, he returned to his scientific activities, which he continued to his death in Bonn, aged 89. In this last period he produced two of his best works: Die Stadt Bonn. Ihre Lage und raeumliche Entwicklung (1947, 195112), an outstanding work on urban geography, and Die griechischen Landschaften (1950–59)



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Prof. Dr. Alfred Philippson's Timeline

1864
January 1, 1864
Bonn, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1893
January 17, 1893
Bonn, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1894
September 7, 1894
Bonn, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1896
November 17, 1896
Bonn, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1899
August 20, 1899
Bonn, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1953
January 30, 1953
Age 89
Bonn, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany