Editor's Introduction

Abstract

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Germany was perhaps the dominant country on the international scene in higher education. In fact, already by the mid-eighteenth century, German institutions had begun to attain recognition for leadership in learning. Students from many countries journeyed then to Germany in pursuit of profound scholarship and professional skills. The case of the Russian genius Mikhail V. Lomonosov, who studied humanities at Marburg and metallurgy at the Freiberg Academy, is an outstanding example.