Professor Hermann Ethé

Carl Hermann Ethé was a German national and Professor of Oriental Languages at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth at the start of the First World War. His tragic treatment as a result of the War has been documented in 45 letters from Aberystwyth University Registry. They have been included in the JISC funded Welsh Experience of the First world War project.

Cartoon of Ethé, Ap Rhobert, The Aberdons: twelve caricatures. Aberystwyth 1912:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Ethé introduction by Elgan Davies, Special Collections Manager.

Professor Carl Hermann Ethé: also a victim of the First World War by CT Husbands, Emeritus Reader in Sociology, LSE.