and were soon forgotten or pushed aside. Therefore, nobody took care to investigate the life and circumstances of this enigmatic author. His being a lecturer at Basel University cannot be confirmed so far, as his name occurs nowhere in the annales and documents of this institution; the University printer only lists his name for two terms from winter 1901 to summer 1902 and tells us that he was born in Waldenburg (Switzerland) on 21. April 1881. It seems that he ever received his Ph.D., he died on 26 May 1918 in Frankfurt (Germany). Registration or address books in Basel city of the years around 1900 do not include his name. It is not until the early 1990s that he was restored out of oblivion by recent German history analysis (see books on chronology criticism by Uwe Topper). Works Robert Baldauf: Historie und Kritik Bd 4. Das Altertum C. Metrik und Prosa. Basel: Universitätsdruckerei Friedrich Reinhardt 1902. Facsimile reprint Dehli: Isha Books (= Gyan Books) Dehli 2013, ISBN 978-93-33-1637-3-6. Robert Baldauf: Historie und Kritik Bd 1. Der Mönch von St Gallen. Leipzig: Dyksche Buchhandlung 1903. Facsimile reprint Dehli: Isha Books (= Gyan Books) Dehli 2013, ISBN 978-93-33-1506-0-6. Robert Baldauf (rb): Das elsässische Problem auf der Bühne: Uraufführung von René Schickeles Schauspiel „Hans im Schnakenloch“ im Frankfurter Neuen Theater. In: Frankfurter Zeitung no. 351 (1916/12/19) References Addressbook of Basel, Years 1898 to 1903 Staatsarchiv Basel, Education, Documents between 1840 and 1940 Uwe Topper (1998): Die Große Aktion. Europas erfundene Geschichte (Tübingen) Rainer Schmidt (2021): Nachlese zu Robert Baldauf. available online Chronologiekritik.net 20th-century German journalists 1881 births 1918 deaths German essayists