Ernst Sieper
Ernst Sieper was a German Anglicist. Soon, however, Professor Sieper's interest was directed towards the modern period of English literature, and he devoted himself to the study of the aesthetic movement in the Romantic and the Victorian age. The fruits of his researches in this Publications. never forsook the cause he had espoused. In numerous newspaper articles he pleaded for fair play and reacted against the vagaries of chauvinism. It was his sacred conviction that an ultimate adjustment of the conflicting political interests of England and Germany was possible, and that it ought to be prepared by  intellectual and social cooperation. And no doubt, had Professor Sieper lived to see the conclusion of peace, his influence would have contributed in a large measure to Intellectual and social cooperation. And no doubt had Professor Sieper lived to see the conclusion of peace, his influence would have contributed to a large measure to quiet the chauvinists on both sides of the Channel, at least in the république des letrees. Personal. He married to Luise Oldenbourg, , daughter of Hans Oldenbourg (1849–1922) granddaughter of editor Munich.