Gustav von Schmoller

Gustav von Schmoller was a German economist, politician, university teacher, and social scientist born in Heilbronn in 1838. He studied at the University of Tübingen and held positions at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His professional field was economics, and he wrote in German. He received the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art and was granted ennoblement and the title of Geheimrat.

Schmoller was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was a citizen of the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Reich. He died in Bad Harzburg in 1917 and is buried at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Cemetery. His notable works include Die Volkswirtschaft, die Volkswirtschaftslehre und ihre Methode (1893), Die behördenorganisation und die allgemeine staatsverwaltung Preussens im 18. jahrhundert, Die epochen der preussischen finanzpolitik, Freie oder sozialistische volkswirtschaft nach dem kriege?, and Handbuch des Besatzungsrechts.