Prominent Germans in England

Abstract

It would be fitting in a tribute to the General Secretary of the Humboldt-Stiftung if an account were to be given of the presence and influence of German learned men in England. In fact, the ties, though strong, were of a different kind, until the arrival of Hitler caused an exodus of scholars. The reason is that until the first half of the nineteenth century only two universities existed, namely Oxford and Cambridge, and these only admitted Anglicans until 1870. Those open to members of all confessions were only created during the nineteenth century and were restricted to London, Manchester and Durham.