Theodor Heuss

Theodor Heuss was a German politician, journalist, writer, and university teacher. Born in Brackenheim on 31 January 1884, he died in Stuttgart on 12 December 1963. He served as the president of Germany and as a member of the German Bundestag. Heuss was educated at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and he worked as a teacher at the University of Stuttgart. His work locations included Bonn and Berlin.

Heuss was a member of the Free Democratic Party, German Democratic Party, Progressive People's Party, and Free-minded Union. He participated in the Parlamentarischer Rat and was affiliated with the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, German Academy for Language and Literature, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, and Deutscher Werkbund. He was married to Elly Heuss-Knapp. His notable works include *Sichtbare Geschichte*, *Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland*, and *Heilbronn, die Stadt am heiligen Brunnen*. He received the Order of the Golden Spur, the Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, and the Harnack medal.