Curt Thesing
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Curt Egon Thesing was a German zoologist, publisher, populariser of science and translator.
on 1 January 1919 - despite some political reservations from Thesing, who was on the political left. In May 1920 he withdrew as a partner from the firm for health reasons.
Translations
Life
In 1913 Thesing joined Otto val Halem as partner and managing director of Veit and Comp. Following wartime propaganda collaboration with a German-Austrian publishers' association, Veit & Comp. was incorporated into Walter de GruyterWalter de Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG is a scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. Its origins date back to 1749 when it was given the right to print books by King Frederick II of Prussia. -De Gruyter Mouton:...
on 1 January 1919 - despite some political reservations from Thesing, who was on the political left. In May 1920 he withdrew as a partner from the firm for health reasons.
Works
Authored works- Lectures on Biology. London : John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 1910. Translated from the 2nd ed. by W. R. Boelter.
- Stammesgeschichte der Liebe, Berlin : Brehm, [1932]. Translated by EdenEden PaulMaurice Eden Paul, most commonly known simply as Eden Paul was a socialist physician, writer and translator.-Biography:...
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as Genealogy of love, London : Routledge, 1933. American edition Genealogy of sex: sex in its myriad forms, from the one-celled animal to the human being. New York : Emerson Books, 1934. - Schule der Biologie , 1934. Translated by EdenEden PaulMaurice Eden Paul, most commonly known simply as Eden Paul was a socialist physician, writer and translator.-Biography:...
and Cedar PaulCedar PaulCedar Paul, née Gertrude Mary Davenport was a singer, author, translator and journalist.-Biography:Gertrude Davenport came from a musical family: she was the grand-daughter of the composer George Alexander Macfarren and the daughter of the composer Francis William Davenport...
as School of Biology, London: G. Routledge and sons, Ltd., 1935.
Translations
- (tr. with Marguerite Thesing) Mein Leben und Work by Henry FordHenry FordHenry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry...
. Leipzig: Paul List Verlag, 1923. Translated from My Life and Work , New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923 - (tr.) Hauptmann Sorrell und sein Sohn: roman by Warwick DeepingWarwick DeepingWarwick Deeping was an English novelist.Warwick Deeping may also refer to:*HMT Warwick Deeping...
. Bremen: Schünemann, 1927. Translated from Sorrell and Son, London: Cassell & Co. - (tr.) Der rote Handel droht! : Der Frotschritt des Fünfjahresplans der Sowjets by H. R. Knickerbocker. 1931. Translated from Fighting the Red trade menace
- (tr.) Bezwinger des Hungers by Paul Henry de Kruif. Berlin: Holle & Co. Verlag, [1934] . Translated from Hunger fighters.
- (tr.) Frau Buck and ihre Töchter. Roman by Warwick DeepingWarwick DeepingWarwick Deeping was an English novelist.Warwick Deeping may also refer to:*HMT Warwick Deeping...
. Bremen: Carl Schünemann, Verlag, [1937]. Translated from The Road.
Further reading
- Horst Brasch, Lebensdauer. Erinnerung an Curt Thesing, einen deutschen Patrioten und Humanisten, Berlin (East), 1987
- Andreas Daum, Wissenschaftspopularisierung im 19. Jahrhundert. Bürgerliche Kultur, naturwissenschaftliche Bildung und die deutsche Öffentlichkeit 1848-1914, Munich, 1998, pp.188, 228, 434. 512f.