The biography of robert schuman
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Robert Schuman
Luxembourg-born French statesman (–)
This article is about the French statesman. For the German composer, see Robert Schumann.
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman (French:[ʁɔbɛʁʃuman]; 29 June &#;&#; 4 September ) was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democratic (Popular Republican Movement) political thinker and activist. Twice Prime Minister of France, a reformist Minister of Finance and a Foreign Minister, he was instrumental in building postwar European and trans-Atlantic institutions and was one of the founders of the European Communities, the Council of Europe and NATO.[1] The – academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour. In , Schuman was declared venerable by Pope Francis in recognition of his acting on Christian principles.[2]
Early life
[edit]Schuman was born in June in Clausen, Luxembourg, inheriting his father's German citizenship. His father, Jean-Pierre Schuman (d.
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Biography
Robert Schumann (born in Zwickau, died in Bonn-Endenich)
Robert Schumann was born on June 8th, as sixth and last child of wealthy parents in Zwickau, where the family moved to few years before from Ronneburg, Thuringia. His father, August Schumann () was a novelist and published trading compendia concerning. After this he was able to build up a publishing company where the focus was put on editing encyclopedias and collected editions, folkloric editions, foreign classics (that he himself translated from English to German) and the well known and widely read “Erinnerungsblätter für gebildete Stände”. The father’s influence and his higher literary education were formative for Robert’s childhood and youth, so that he could say that he was familiar with the most famous poets and writers of fairly all countries.
It didn’t remain with the passive recording of literature; he also had his own poetic attempts and founded a literary circle of classmates. A strong impre
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Robert Schumann
German composer, pianist and critic (–)
"Schumann" redirects here. For Robert Schumann's wife, see Clara Schumann. For the French statesman, see Robert Schuman. For other uses, see Schumann (disambiguation).
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Robert Schumann[n 1] (; German:[ˈʁoːbɛʁtˈʃuːman]; 8 June &#;&#; 29 July ) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber groups, orchestra, choir and the opera. His works typify the spirit of the Romantic era in German music.
Schumann was born in Zwickau, Saxony, to an affluent middle-class family with no musical connections, and was initially unsure whether to pursue a career as a lawy