Hartmann, Ludo Ludwig Moritz#
b. Stuttgart (Germany), March 2, 1865, d. Vienna, Nov. 14, 1924, historian, adult educator, Social-Democratic politician, university professor; initiator of university lectures understandable to the layman (from 1895), and of the "Volksheim" (association for adult education) in the Ottakring district of Vienna (1901), also founded the "Athenaeum" and the first conference on adult education in Vienna in 1904. As Austrian envoy to Berlin (1918-1920) supported the annexation of Austria to Germany.
Work: Geschichte Italiens im MA, 4 vols., 1897-1915.
Literature#
G. Fellner, L. M. H. und die oe. Geschichtswiss., 1985; W. Filla, Aufklaerer und Organisator. Der Wissenschaftler, Volksbildner und Politiker L. M. H., 1992; NDB.