(b Bremen, 4 Nov 1869; d Hamburg, 5 Nov 1947). German architect, urban planner and writer. He was born into an old-established family of merchants. His childhood and early youth were spent in Bogotá and New York. Although he first studied mathematics and science (1889–96) in Munich and Berlin, he gradually applied himself to studying architecture. His teacher Friedrich von Thiersch placed it in a historicizing style. From 1896 until 1901 he was an architect at the Stadtbauamt in Leipzig under Hugo Licht. He was involved in the construction of the town hall, the St Johanniskirche and the rebuilding of the town library. In this period he went on long study trips to Paris, Rome, London, the Netherlands and Belgium. He was a regular collaborator on the journals Dekorative Kunst and Kunstwart.

• Schumacher, Fritz (Wilhelm)
  • Germany, §II, 7(i): Architecture, 1900–39
  • groups and movements
    • Deutscher Werkbund
    • Deutscher Werkbund, §3: Dissolution and re-formation, after 1930
  • pupils
    • Heckel, Erich
    • Wagner, Martin
  • teachers
    • Seidl, Gabriel von
  • works
    • Urban planning, §V, 1: c 1890–1945: Extension policies and the emerging professions