Albrecht Wilke

Albrecht Wilke (born January 10, 1843 in Gützkow ; † October 5, 1902 in Gandersheim ) was a German teacher and school director .

Life

Albrecht Wilke was born in Gützkow, 20 km south of Greifswald , in 1843 . He attended high school in Anklam and then studied mathematics and natural sciences with a focus on chemistry at the University of Greifswald from 1864 to 1868 . He worked for a short time as a private tutor , passed the state examination for teaching in July 1870 and worked as a teacher in Sønderborg that same year . Wilke took part in the Franco-German War in 1870/1871. In 1873 he became a teacher at the secondary school in Wollin and in the same year went to a secondary school in Kiel . In 1881 he was appointed teacher and headmaster at the secondary school in Gandersheim in the Duchy of Braunschweig . He successfully operated the expansion of this school into a secondary school , which was then converted into a high school with a secondary school in 1899 . Wilke's main achievement can be seen in the creation of this first higher middle school in Gandersheim. In addition, he published educational papers and was active in local politics. He was a member of the city ​​council for several years , chairing it from 1893 to 1900.

Wilke received the title of school director in 1883 and the title of professor in 1895 . He was awarded the Knight's Cross Second Class of the Ducal Order of Henry the Lion . In 1901 he was made an honorary citizen of Gandersheim. Wilke retired in 1901 at his own request and died in Gandersheim in October 1902 at the age of 59.

Fonts (selection)

• Geognostic and geological excursions in the vicinity of Gandersheim . 1885.
• Guide to teaching chemistry and mineralogy . 1893.

literature

• Rainer Boestfleisch: Wilke, Albrecht, Prof. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 656 .
• Stephan Sehlke: Pedagogues - Pastors - Patriots: Biographical handbook on printed matter for children and young people by authors and illustrators from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania until 1945 . Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-837-09497-8 , p. 409.