Clemens Baeumker
(1853-1924)

Died aged c. 71

Clemens Baeumker (16 September 1853 – 7 October 1924) was a German historian of philosophy. Baeumker was born in Paderborn to a gymnasium teacher. He studied philosophy, theology, and philology in Paderborn and later at the University of Münster, from which he obtained a doctorate in 1877. From 1879 he was a gymnasium lecturer in Münster. Through the efforts of Georg von Hertling he was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Breslau in 1883, where he remained until 1900. In that year he moved to the University of Bonn, and in 1903 to the University of Strasbourg, where he filled the chair vacated by Wilhelm Windelband. In 1912 he moved to the University of Munich, filling the chair vacated by his friend von Hertling. He died in Munich in 1924. Baeumker was known in particular for his studies in the history of medieval philosophy.

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Friedr. Wilh. Weber Der Sänger v. Dreizehnlinden 1813 - 94 Engelb. Humperdinck Komponist 1854 - 1921 Karl Weierstrass Mathematiker 1815 - 1897 Caspar Klein Erzbischof v. Paderborn 1865 - 1941 Wilhelm Ealdeyer Anatom 1886 -1921 Johannes Linneborn Dompropst 1867 - 1933 Wilhelm Schneider Bischof von Paderborn 1847 - 1909 Wilhelm Cuno Reichskanzler 1876 - 1933 Franz Hitze Soziapolitiker 1851 - 1921 Paul Lejeune-Jung Mitgl. d. Widerstands-Regier.g 1882 - 1944 Clemens Baeumker Philosophiehistoriker 1853 - 1924 Franz Hengsbach Kardinal 1910 - 1991 [full inscription unknown]

Theodorianum, Paderborn, Germany where they was a student