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Ferdinand Mainzer (1871–1943) was a German-Jewish gynaecologist and historical author. Born 16 January 1871,〔Thomas Corinth, ed., ''Lovis Corinth: eine Dokumentation'', Wasmuth, 1979, p.377〕 Mainzer wrote his doctoral disseration on wandering spleen. In the 1890s he worked at the Berlin clinic of the gynecologist Leopold Landau.〔''British Gynaecological Journal'', Vol. 12 (1896), p.546〕〔''The American journal of obstetrics and diseases of women and children'', Vol. 36 (1897), p.170〕 Mainzer had artistic connections and historical interests. He married Gertrud Sabersky, a student of the artist Walter Leistikow, and his own portrait was painted by Lovis Corinth in 1899.〔Horst Uhr, ''Lovis Corinth'', p.117〕 After a hand injury meant that he could no longer perform surgery, he turned to writing about antiquity.〔Konrad Weber, (Prof. Dr. Dr. Friedrich Erxleben ), October 2008.〕 He was interested in numismatics, and a friend of the numismatist Edward Gans.〔(Eduard Gans Family Collection 1796-1982 )〕 His biography of Julius Caesar was translated into French and English, and widely reviewed. The book inspired Thornton Wilder to write his own novel about Caesar, ''The Ides of March''.〔Richard Henry Goldstone, ''Thornton Wilder: an intimate portrait'', Saturday Review Press, 1975, p.126〕 Mainzer was a close friend of the Catholic priest Friedrich von Erxleben, who was a member of the Solf Circle of intellectuals involved in the resistance against Nazism.〔 Mainzer and his family were helped to escape to England by the daughter of Wilhelm and Hanna Solf, the Countess So'oa'emalelagi "Lagi" von Ballestrem-Solf, who escorted them with their jewellery hidden in the lining of her clothes.〔Peter J. Hempenstall & Paula Tanaka Mochida, ''The lost man: Wilhelm Solf in German history'', p.233〕 Mainzer died 3 January 1943.〔〔Another source suggests his year of death as 1944. ''Militärgeschichtliche Mitteilungen'', Vol. 14 (1973), p.276〕 His daughter Luci Manén married Otto John in 1949.〔Otto John, ''Twice through the lines: the autobiography of Otto John'', Macmillan, 1972, p.194.〕 ==Works== * ''Wandermilz und Splenektomie'', München: J. F. Lehmann, 1892 * 'Das Dekadrachmon von Athen', ''Zeitschrift für Numismatik'', vol. 36 (1926), pp. 37–54 * ''Siciliana aus griechisch-römischer Zeit'', Berlin: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1930. * ''Clodia: Politik und Liebe auf dem Palatin'', Berlin: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1931. * ''Der Kampf um Caesars Erbe'', Leipzig: E.P. Tal, 1934. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul as ''Caesar's mantle; the end of the Roman republic'', New York: Viking, 1936. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ferdinand Mainzer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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