Houston Stewart Chamberlain (Houston Stewart Chamberlain)

Houston Stewart Chamberlain

Philosopher. Chamberlain’s most famous work, “The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century” (1916), argued for the superiority of the “Aryan”, Germanic peoples and attacked Jews as being degenerate. Among the people he influenced was Hitler, and they met at least once before Hitler came to power. Chamberlain was associated with the composer Richard Wagner and married his daughter. He lived most of his life in Germany. (bio by: Rick Watson)  Family links:  Spouse:  Eva Chamberlain (1867 – 1942)* *Calculated relationship

Born

  • September, 09, 1855
  • England

Died

  • January, 01, 1927
  • Germany

Cemetery

  • Alter Friedhof
  • Germany

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