Alfred Baldamus
Ernst Alfred Hugo Baldamus (born December 5, 1856 in Wernigerode , † December 30, 1908 in Wiesbaden ) was a German educator and historian .
Life
Alfred Baldamus attended high school in his hometown, which he left in 1876 with the school leaving certificate. He studied history at the universities of Göttingen , Heidelberg , Leipzig and Berlin . On 5 May 1879, he was supported by the Faculty of Arts in Leipzig because of his dissertation about the military system of the later Carolingian doctorate . On February 6, 1880, he passed the exam for candidates for higher education in Leipzig .
He received his first teaching job as a private tutor for the children of the Reichstag member Franz Armand Buhl in Deidesheim . From Michaelmas 1881 he was a scientific assistant teacher at the Nikolaigymnasium in Leipzig under the rectorate of Theodor Vogel . At Easter 1882 he was appointed permanent senior teacher at the Royal High School in Dresden-Neustadt . Two years later, at Easter 1884, he was the first historian to join the college of the Royal High School in Leipzig. Here he worked as a knowledgeable and talented teacher until his unexpected death during a spa stay in Wiesbaden.
On January 4, 1909, he was buried in the cemetery of the Evangelical parish of Gohlis with great sympathy.
Act
In addition to his teaching activities, Baldamus published numerous articles in specialist journals. He achieved great fame by editing F. W. Putzger's historical school atlas and by publishing historical school wall maps .
His main work is the complete reworking of Weber's world history , which is published up to the present day.
Characteristic
- From the address given by Gerth, Rector of the König Albert-Gymnasium, in the parenting hall of the Gohliser Friedhof on January 4, 1909:
Our late friend had a warm heart for the youth, as an educator by the grace of God, who is indulgent to weakness and clumsiness, mild to youthful hastiness and carelessness, strict only to everything low and ignoble; It was just an outgrowth of the kindness of his heart that he would rather acknowledge than rebuke, that he gladly took goodwill for action, that in addition to what had failed in his pupils he also sought and found the good in his pupils; but this gentleness of his has never become a weakness, and a word of reproach from him was more effective than severe punishments could have.
Publications (selection)
- The army under the later Carolingians , Koebner, Breslau 1879.
- FW Putzger's historical school atlas on old, middle and new history in 59 main and 57 secondary maps , Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld 1891.
- Chronicle of the Baldamus family, attempt e. Family history. Pries, Leipzig 1894 digitized
- with Eduard Gäbler: Collection of historical school wall maps , Lang, Leipzig 1895ff.
- The König-Albert-Gymnasium in Leipzig during the first twenty-five years of its existence 1880–1905 , A. Edelmann, Leipzig 1905. ( digitized version )
- Georg Weber: Teaching and manual of world history. With the participation of Richard Friedrich u. a. Completely revised by Alfred Baldamus , 21st edition, vol. 1–4, together with supplementary vol., Engelmann, Leipzig 1902–1909.
literature
- In memory of Dr. Alfred Baldamus, professor at the King Albert Gymnasium in Leipzig , BG Teubner, Leipzig 1909
- Sieghard Scheffczyk: "Historian and educator with roots in Wernigerode". In: New Wernigeröder newspaper . 23 - 25/2016, p. 47.
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred Baldamus in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ In memory of Dr. Alfred Baldamus , p. 5
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baldamus, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baldamus, Ernst Alfred Hugo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wernigerode |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1908 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |