BRENTANO, Lujo. — German economist, b. at Aschaffenburg in 1844, d. at Munich in 1931. German delegate to the economic conference in London in 1919, he continued to carry out notable scientific activity until his death: Geschichte der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Englands (Jena 1928); Mein Leben im Kampf um die soziale Entwicklung Deutschlands (ibid. 1931).
Bibl.: M. J. Bonn, L. B. als Wirtschaftspolitiker (introduction to a volume of studies in his honour). Munich 1925.