Rudolf Christoph Eucken - Nobel Prize in Literature — 1908
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Rudolf Christoph Eucken

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 1908
in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life
Citizenship
Weimar Republic Weimar Republic German Empire German Empire Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Prussia
Languages
German
date of birth
1/5/1846
place of birth
Aurich
date of death
9/15/1926
place of death
Jena
Lived
80 years

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position held
  • rector of the University of Jena
    • end time: April 1899
    • start time: October 1898
  • rector of the University of Jena
    • end time: April 1887
    • start time: October 1886
  • rector of the University of Jena
    • end time: April 1880
    • start time: October 1879
member of
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 7/27/1913
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • StMV Blaue Sänger Göttingen
  • Corps Frisia Göttingen
  • Academy of Science for Public Utility
field of work
  • philosophy
occupation
  • university teacher
  • philosopher
  • prose writer
  • writer
doctoral student
  • Walter Mechler
  • Adolf Meyer
  • Eberhard Boerma
  • Maria Bezobrazova
work location
  • Jena
employer
  • University of Jena
  • University of Basel
  • Harvard University
educated at
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • University of Göttingen
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