literary historian university professor
He was the major figure of his time in Germany in English studies, as professor at Leipzig University (he was the director of its English Department from 1925 to 1944). He was known also for his studies of Old English literature, and Shakespeare.
In 1933, Schücking signed the "Declaration of Belief in Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist State by the Professors of the German Universities" (Bekenntnis der Professoren an den deutschen Universitäten und Hochschulen zu Adolf Hitler und dem nationalsozialistischen Staat), but later he was an opponent.
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
