Wilhelm Blos

Wilhelm Blos
Born
Wilhelm Josef Blos

5 October 1849
Wertheim am Main, Baden, Germany
Died6 July 1927
Bad Cannstatt (Stuttgart), Württemberg, Germany
Occupation(s)Journalist
Historian
Author
Politician
Political partySDAP
SPD
SpouseAnna Blos Tomasczewska (1866–1933)
Children1
Parents
  • Aloys Blos (father)
  • Maria Josepha Döhner (mother)

Wilhelm Josef Blos (5 October 1849 – 6 July 1927) was a German journalist, historian, novelist, dramatist and politician (SPD). He served as a member of the imperial parliament (Reichstag) between 1877 and 1918, albeit with one three year break. After the end of World War I he served between 1918 and 1920 as the first president of the newly launched Free People's State of Württemberg.[1][2][3][4]

One high-point of his career as a journalist was his one-year stint as editor-in-chief of the (initially) Hamburg-based popular left-wing satirical magazine Der Wahre Jacob between 1879 and the publication's (temporary) closure, triggered by expulsion of William Blos from Hamburg in October 1880. His own contributions appeared under the pseudonyms "Hans Flux" or – on at least one occasion – "A. Titus".[5]

  1. ^ Wilhelm Kühlmann (compiler-editor); Reinhard Tenberg (author) (2008). Bloas, Wilhelm Josef, auch: A. Titus, Hans Flux. Walter de Gruyter. p. 591. ISBN 978-3-11-020933-4. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help); |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Franz Brümmer (1913). "Blos, Wilhelm Josef". Lexikon der deutschen Dichter und Prosaisten von Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart. Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jr., Leipzig & University of Toronto (as "Digitizing sponsor"). pp. 260–261. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ Alfred Milatz (1955). ""Blos, Wilhelm"". Neue Deutsche Biographie. p. 316. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ Paul Sauer. "... Biografie". Badische Biographien NF 1. Landeskundliche Informationssystem für Baden-Württemberg. pp. 62–68. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ^ Ralf Mattern (2016). Reichstags- und Bundestagsabgeordnete: Wilhelm Blos: 1884 bis 1887; 1890 bis 1907; 1912 bis 1919. Books on Demand. pp. 1030–1032. ISBN 978-3-7392-8646-4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)