Thomas Nipperdey

Thomas Nipperdey was a German historian and university teacher. Born in Cologne in 1927, he died in Munich in 1992. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and held a doctorate. His academic career included positions at the Freie Universität Berlin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and Heidelberg University. He was educated at the University of Cologne, University of Göttingen, and University of Cambridge.

Nipperdey authored works such as *Eine bürgerliche Jugend (1927-1945)*, *Historikerstreit*, *Deutsche Geschichte*, *Deutsche Geschichte 1800-1918*, and *Deutsche Geschichte 1866-1918, Bd.2, Machtstaat vor der Demokratie*. He received the Bavarian Order of Merit and was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His doctoral student was Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia. He was the sibling of Dorothee Sölle.