Harry Garms
Harry Garms (born October 20, 1903 in Hamburg-Cranz ; † 1987 ) was a German biologist and didactician of biology. He is known for biology school books.
Garms was the son of a fisherman and attended the teachers' seminar in Stade with the first teacher examination in 1925. After that, he made up the Abitur in Schleswig and studied biology at the University of Hamburg with a doctorate in 1930 with distinction (investigations into wound healing on fruits). He then taught at the Wichernschule, where he received a full position in 1936. In 1933 he joined the NSDAP and was active in the National Socialist teachers' association , as head of biology in Gaufachschaft II (high schools). In 1937 he became a lecturer in biology at the college for teacher training in Hamburg (final position in 1939). He has published over genetics and race studies in the Nazi sense, and it gave lectures. Dismissed from the public service by the British in 1945, he was reinstated as a civil servant in 1948. He became known through biology textbooks and was a senior teacher in 1957. In 1965 he took early retirement for health reasons.
He had been married since 1930 and had three children.
As the person responsible for teacher training in biology (he was a lecturer at the Institute for Teacher Training), he examined, among others, Loki Schmidt in Hamburg.
Fonts
- Plants and animals of Europe. A determination book , Westermann 1963, 6th edition with Wilhelm Eigener 1995 as Westermann Lexicon Plants and Animals of Europe
- Fauna of Europe: a definition dictionary , dtv 1982
- Lebendige Welt , Westermann 1958 and more
- Die Natur , Westermann 3 volumes, 1956
- Biological teaching work , 4 volumes, Westermann 1953
- Plant and animal science , Westermann 1949
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| SURNAME | Garms, Harry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biologist and didactician of biology |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg-Cranz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1987 |