Gottfried Uhlig
Gottfried Uhlig (born July 22, 1928 in Burgstädt ; † November 18, 2019 ) was a German educator and professor of the history of education at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig .
Life
Gottfried Uhlig was born in Burgstädt in 1928 as the son of the commercial clerk Guido Uhlig and his wife Gertrud. On site he attended elementary school from 1935 and middle school from 1939 to 1943 before moving to the upper secondary school in Chemnitz. During the Second World War he was an air force helper in the home flak battery 210 / IV and 11/121 in 1944/45. In March 1945 he was called up for the Reich Labor Service in Dept. 3/36. After the end of the war, he attended the Burgstädt Oberschule from 1945 to 1947. After graduating from high school, he worked as a new teacher at the primary school in Taura from 1947 to 1949 . After taking his first teacher examination, he studied history and German studies from 1949 to 1952 at the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Leipzig to become a teacher at elementary and secondary schools. After successfully completing his studies, he took up a position as a research assistant at the Institute for Systematic Pedagogy, Department of History of Pedagogy, which was followed by an apprenticeship in 1954 . On the subject of school political struggles in Westphalia before the revolution of 1848, with special consideration of the activities of Friedrich Harkort , he was promoted to Dr. paed. PhD . After a brief activity as a research assistant or senior assistant at the institute, he was given a lectureship for the history of pedagogy in 1959 and finally appointed as a university lecturer in 1963. In the same year he completed his habilitation on The Beginning of the Anti-Fascist-Democratic School Reform in East Germany 1945-1946 . From 1965 to 1991 he was professor for the history of education and training.
Honors
- 1954 medal for excellent performance
- 1954 Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wander Medal (bronze)
- 1958 Medal for Excellent Achievement
- 1959 Badge of Honor from the Karl Marx University in Leipzig
- 1960 Pestalozzi Medal (bronze)
- 1965 Badge of Honor of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship (silver)
- 1966 Dr. Theodor Neubauer Medal (silver)
- 1968 Pestalozzi Medal (silver)
- 1969 Medal of Merit of the GDR
- 1974 National Prize for Science and Technology (3rd class)
Works (selection)
- History of schools in the German Democratic Republic 1945 to 1968 (with Karl-Heinz Günther ), People and Knowledge, Berlin 1969. DNB 456838791
- On the development of popular education in the German Democratic Republic in the years 1949–1956 , Volk und Wissen, Berlin 1974. DNB 750043865
- History of the Saxon school system up to 1600 (= Small Saxon Library Volume 6), Hellerau-Verlag Dresden 1999. ISBN 978-3-910184-65-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Gottfried Uhlig in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Gottfried Uhlig in the Saxon Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice , in: Leipziger Volkszeitung from November 23, 2019.
- ↑ a b Gottfried Uhlig , Professor Catalog of the University of Leipzig , accessed on November 24, 2019 (PDF).
- ↑ DNB 480701717
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Uhlig, Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burgstädt |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th November 2019 |