Adolf Friedrich Rutenberg was a German geography teacher, Young Hegelian and journalist.
11 Facts About Adolf Rutenberg
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Adolf Rutenberg was a close friend of German philosophers Karl Marx and Max Stirner.
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Adolf Rutenberg was alongside Bruno Bauer as one of two reported mourners at Stirner's graveside.
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Adolf Rutenberg attended the Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium, where he met Bruno Bauer, who was one year above him and later became his brother-in-law.
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Adolf Rutenberg studied philosophy, philology and theology from 1828 to 1831 at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
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Adolf Rutenberg then worked for various magazines, including Arnold Ruge's Hallische Jahrbiicher.
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On 25 March 1838, Adolf Rutenberg married Anna Bertha Spiller, the 25-year-old daughter of a locksmith, in Berlin.
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In November 1841 Georg Jung invited Adolf Rutenberg to be the first editor of the Rheinische Zeitung.
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Adolf Rutenberg was responsible for editorial articles about Germany and Prussia.
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Adolf Rutenberg then returned to Berlin and joined a circle called Die Freien, of which Max Stirner took part.
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Adolf Rutenberg was later invited by Carl Theodor Welcker to contribute to his geopolitical encyclopedia Staatslexikons: Encyklopadie der sammtlichen Staatswissenschaften fur alle Stande.