SCHULZE-DELITZSCH, FRANZ HERMANN (1808 1883), German economist, was born at Delitzsch, in Prussian Saxony, on Aug. 29, 1808. The suffix Delitzsch was added in 5848 to distinguish him from other Schulzes in the National Assembly. He studied law at Leipzig and Halle, became an assessor in the court of justice at Berlin in 1838, and three years later was ap pointed patrimonialrichter at Delitzsch. Entering the parliament of 1848, he joined the Left Centre, and, acting as president of the commission of inquiry into the condition of the labourers and artisans, became impressed with the necessity of co-operation to enable the smaller tradespeople to hold their own against the capitalists. He was a member of the Second Chamber in 1848- 49; but a quarrel with the minister of justice led him to throw up his public appointments in October 1851, and withdraw to Delitzsch. Here he devoted himself to the organization of co operative societies, and of Vorschussvereine (people's banks). In 1859 he promoted the first Genossenschaftstag, or co-oper ative meeting, in Weimar, and founded a central bureau of co operative societies. In 1861 he again entered the Prussian Cham ber. The next few years were given to the formation of local
centres, and the establishment of the Deutsche Genossenschafts Bank, 1865.
The spread of these organizations led to legislation on the subject, and this too was chiefly the work of Schulze-Delitzsch. As a member of the Chamber in 1867 he was mainly instrumental in passing the Prussian law of association, which was extended to the North German Confederation in 1868, and later to the empire. Schulze-Delitzsch also contributed to uniformity of legis lation throughout the states of Germany, in 1869, by the publi cation of Die Gesetzgebung fiber die privatrechtliche Stellung der Erwerbs- und Wirthschaftsgenossenschaften, etc. His remaining years were spent in consolidating his work. He died on April 29, 1883, at Potsdam.
His works include: Kapitel zu einem deutschen Arbeiter-Katechismus (1863) ; Soziale Rechte und Pftichten (1867) ; and Die Entwicklung des Genossenschaftswesen in Deutschland (1870) . See also A. Bernstein, Schulze-Delitzsch (1879) ; B. Rampal, Esquisse Biographique (1874).