GOLTZ, BOGUMIL (1801-1870), German humorist and satirist, was born at Warsaw on March 20, 18o1, and died at Thorn on Nov. 12, 18 70. Goltz wrote Bach der Kindheit (Frankfort, 1847; 4th ed., Berlin, 1877), in which he gives a charming and idyllic description of the impressions of his own childhood. Among his other works must be noted Ein Jugendleben (1852); Der Mensch and die Leute (1858) ; Zur Charakteristik and Natur geschichte der Frauen (1859) ; Zur Geschichte and Charakteristik des deutschen Genius (1864), and Die Weltklugheit and die Lebensweisheit (1869) . Goltz was a follower, in some respects, of Rousseau. He desired to see a freer, more natural system of education which should develop a robuster type of manhood.
See T. Kuttenkeuler, Bogumil Goltz ... (1913).