Ruge, Arnold (1803–1880)

German political reformer. For his part in the Burschenschaft agitations (1821–24) he was imprisoned for five years at Kolberg. He cofounded the journal the Hallesche Jahrbücher (later the Deutsche Jahrbücher) in 1837, the organ of the young Hegelian school. This periodical was suppressed in 1843. Ruge shared in the revolutionary movement of 1848, but in 1849, with the Italian Giuseppe Mazzini and the Frenchman Alexandre Ledru-Rollin, he had to seek refuge in London, England, forming a European Democratic Committee.

Ruge was born on Rügen Island, Germany. He studied philosophy at Halle, Jena, and Heidelberg universities. His memoirs, Aus früherer Zeit/From Earlier Times, were published in 1863–67.