Emil J. Gumbel
Subtitle: Weimar German pacifist and professor
By: Arthur D. Brenner.
Series: Studies in Central European histories
Publisher: Humanities Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Gumbel, Emil Julius, 1891-; Pacifists -- Germany -- Biography.; Socialists -- Germany -- Biography.; Mathematicians -- Germany -- Biography.; Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933.; Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Emil J. Gumbel (1891-1966) began his career simply as a professor of mathematical statistics in Heidelberg, but he is most remembered as a political activist militantly advocating for pacifism during the complicated and volatile times of the Weimar Republic in Germany. As a Jew with left-wing socialist and democratic sensibilities, he was exiled to France and later America.

Ironically, the same writings on political terror and politicized justice in Nazi Germany that caused his ostracization saved his life. A courageous man, Gumbel spoke out passionately against the Nazis and came to symbolize a "one-man party" at the center of controversy in German academia. His intellectual and moral vigor never waned, and despite his significant scientific contributions, it is his legacy of political ideology that endures for later generations to learn from.

This biography chronicles the public life of a man not entirely part of the political or the academic world, but who has earned his place in history nonetheless."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-220) and index.