About Max Nettlau
Lived 1865 – 1944 (aged 79). Max Nettlau was a German and British linguist, historian, biographer, philologist and journalist.
Max Heinrich Hermann Reinhardt Nettlau (; 1865–1944) was a German anarchist and historian.
His extensive collection or archives was sold to the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam in 1935. He lived continuously in Amsterdam from 1938 where he worked on cataloging the archive for the Institute. He died there suddenly from stomach cancer in 1944, without ever being harassed.
Works
Bibliographie de L'Anarchie (1887) Republished in 1964 by P.Galeati (Italy) and in 1968 by Burt Franklin (United States), subtitled "Brief History of Anarchism" Élisée Reclus, Anarchist und Gelehrter. "Der Syndikalist" (1928) La anarquía a través de los tiempos (1933 or 1935) Published 1991 in English by Freedom Press as A Short History of Anarchism La Première Internationale en Espagne (1868–1888) (1969)
Edited Oeuvres of Mikhail Bakunin, vol. 1 (1895)
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Who was Max Nettlau?
German anarchist and historian (1865–1944)
When was Max Nettlau born?
Max Nettlau was born on 30 April 1865 in Neuwaldegg.
When did Max Nettlau die?
Max Nettlau died on 23 July 1944 in Amsterdam.
What was Max Nettlau's occupation?
Max Nettlau was a linguist, historian, biographer, philologist and journalist.
What nationality was Max Nettlau?
Max Nettlau was German and British.
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