Ernst Otto (pedagogue)
Ernst Otto (born February 5, 1877 in Brandenburg an der Havel , † July 1, 1959 in West Berlin ) was a German educator and university professor.
Life
Otto studied modern languages , German , pedagogy and philosophy at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . In 1901 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. Further studies followed at the University of Grenoble and the University of Paris , the University of London , the University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh . After that he was a teacher at Herder-Gymnasium (Berlin) for ten years . In 1913 he became the high school director. From 1922 he was senior director of studies and honorary professor in Marburg , at the same time with a teaching position for education at the new Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . In 1925 he followed the call to the German University in Prague to the chair of education, philosophy and general linguistics. There he was elected rector in 1938 , which he remained until 1940. As a co-founder and sponsor of the German Pestalozzi Society, he founded the first German Pedagogical Academy in Prague in 1931 . Its management was withdrawn from him in 1938. After the Second World War he was honorary professor at the Free University of Berlin .
literature
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Otto in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Munzinger (incomplete)
- ↑ Dissertation: Typical descriptions of living beings, objects and processes in the secular epic of the Anglo-Saxons .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Otto, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pedagogue and linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brandenburg on the Havel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1959 |
| Place of death | West Berlin |