Karl Theodor Gaedertz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Theodor Gaedertz

German librarian

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1855

Place of Birth: Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Jul-1912

Profession: writer, librarian, translator, literary historian

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Karl Theodor Gaedertz (8 January 1855 in Lübeck – 8 July 1912 in Berlin) was a German librarian and literary historian, best known for his writings on the Low German author Fritz Reuter. From 1876 to 1879 he studied at the universities of Leipzig and Berlin, then later worked as a librarian at the Königliche Bibliothek in Berlin.
From 1900 to 1905 he was head librarian at the Greifswald University Library.
In 1909 he returned to Berlin, where he died on 8 July 1912.