Titus Ullrich

Titus Ullrich ( born August 22, 1813 in Habelschwerdt, Lower Silesia, † December 17, 1891 in Berlin) was a German literary and art critic, and writer from the county of Glatz.

Life

The future royal privy councilor, son of a farmer and grandson of Habelschwerdter Mayor Hallman was born 7 ° in Hallmann 's house on the ring N, where his mother was staying during the liberation war. Initially taught by his grandfather, he entered in 1825 in the Glatzer Royal Grammar School and took in 1832 to study philosophy and classical studies in Breslau, which he continued a year later in Berlin.

The death of his father thwarted his plan to habilitate after finishing his studies as a lecturer. He settled for this reason, as a private tutor in Berlin, where he in 1845 his first work, however little attention, the epic and didactic poetry published The Song of Songs. In 1848 he was able to improve its financial position by a position as a columnist with the National Newspaper founded shortly before. There he devoted himself to 1860, the criticism of the day's events in the fields of performing and visual arts and literature. In addition, he was one of the main figures in the literary and artistic clubs founded in 1852 Riitli. In 1854 he traveled to Italy for an extended stay, 1857, he was able to visit the art exhibition in Manchester and took advantage of this trip to explore England and Scotland, from where he returned to Belgium and Paris.

Towards the end of 1860 he was appointed private secretary in the Generalintendantur the Royal Shows in Berlin office, secretly promoted to commissary and later appointed royal privy councilor. He joined in 1887 to retire.

Titus Ullrich died in 1891 at the age of 78 years in Berlin in a heartbeat.

Selections

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