# 78. Obituary for Professor Dr. Leo

On June 30 [1898], Professor Dr. Leo, who had rendered outstanding services to Shakespeare research, died. He was one of the co-founders of the German Shakespeare Society and for many years the editor of the Shakespeare Yearbook. Every year on April 23, a small group of German Shakespeare scholars gathered in the popular city of Weimar. Leo's character was always there to be seen. He was one of the pillars of this society.