Friedrich von Hügel [SEP] father
Friedrich von Hügel
Friedrich von Hügel (born "Friedrich Maria Aloys Franz Karl Freiherr von Hügel", usually known as "Baron von Hügel"; 5 May 1852 – 27 January 1925) was an influential Austrian Roman Catholic layman, religious writer, Modernist theologian and Christian apologist.
Life and work.
Friedrich von Hügel was born in Florence, Italy, in 1852, to Charles von Hügel, who was serving as Austrian ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and a Scottish mother, Elizabeth Farquharson, who
It has been said that Waugh's conversion to Catholicism was favored by Gwen Greene giving him von Hügel's letter and her book, "Mount Zion".
In 1928 she edited "Baron Friedrich von Hugel's Letters to a Niece", published with J. M. Dent & Son. Friedrich von Hügel was married to her aunt, Lady Mary Catherine Herbert (1849–1935). After the death of von Hügel, Greene's spiritual director was Father Bede Jarrett.
As Gwen Greene she published "Two Witnesses" (1930