Alfred Philippson Collection 1872-1953

The collection contains numerous personal papers, manuscripts and correspondence with explorers and geographers. The personal papers follow Philippson’s career as professor in Bonn and in Halle.Born in Bonn on January 1, 1864, Alfred Philippson received his doctorate in geography at Leipzig in 1886, his habilitation in Bonn in 1891 and taught at the Universities of Halle, Bern, and Bonn. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1942, returned to Bonn in 1945, and died there on March 28, 1956.12-page inventory.Memoir microfilm reel # 127, 128Photographs removed to Photograph CollectionSee also Ludwig Philippson Family Collection (AR 2679)digitizedPamphlet announcing a book about Alfred Philippson's memoirs in addend