Background
Gothein was born in Neumarkt, Silesia, Prussia.
economist politician university professor
Gothein was born in Neumarkt, Silesia, Prussia.
Gothein was born in Neumarkt, Silesia, Prussia. He studied History, Arts and Economics at the University of Wrocław and the Heidelberg University until 1877, when he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy He finished his habilitation in 1878 in Wrocław.
Gothein was a professor at University of Karlsruhe (1885), University of Bonn (1890), and Heidelberg University (1904). He was a representative of the liberal-positivist opposition against the Prussian historical school of Treitschke and Sybel, which was prevalent in Germany. Gothein was the author of valuable works on cultural and economic history, primarily of the 15th to 17th centuries.
Furthermore, he was one of the founding fathers of the University of Mannheim"s predecessor, the Handelshochschule Mannheim.
Later, Gothein, together with Mannheim"s senior mayor Otto Beck, initiated the foundation of the Handelshochschule Mannheim to revive academic education in Mannheim.
Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities.