August Wolfstieg
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August Wolfstieg (21 June 1859, Wolfenbüttel — 27 May 1922, Wolfenbüttel) was a German Geheimrat, chief librarian of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, and Freemasonry researcher.[1]
In 1899, he was admitted in the Masonic Lodge Pythagoras zum flammenden Stern (Pythagoras to the Flaming Star) in Berlin.[2][3]
He was also Reich Commissioner for Books and Libraries at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 and at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904.[4]
Bibliography
- Bibliographie der freimaurerischen Literatur (3 vols, 1 supplement; 1911-1926)
- Ursprung und Entwicklung der Freimaurerei (3 vols; 1920)
- Das Baugewerbe in England und die Brüderschaft der Steinmetze (1920)
- Die geistigen, sittlichen und ästhetischen Werte der Freimaurerei (1922)
- Freimaurerische Arbeit und Symbolik (1922)
Further reading
- Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder: Internationales Freimaurerlexikon. 5. Herbig Verlag 2006, ISBN 978-3-7766-2478-6.
- Roger Reckewell: "Wolfstieg, August Louis Ferdinand, Prof. Dr." In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (eds.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon – 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8, pp. 668–669.
References
- ^ "Wolfstieg, August". Maçonnieke Encyclopedie (in German).
- ^ "Wolfstieg-Gesellschaft". Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Thilo Rauch (2013). Die Ferienkoloniebewegung: Zur Geschichte der privaten Fürsorge im Kaiserreich. DUV Sozialwissenschaft (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 317. ISBN 9783663146407.
- ^ Reinhold Dosch (2016). Deutsches Freimaurerlexikon (in German). StudienVerlag. p. 266. ISBN 9783706557627.
Auf den Weltausstellungen in Paris 1900 und St. Louis 1904 war er Reichskommissar für Buchwerke und Bibliothekswesen.
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