Johann Gottlieb Fichte Prize

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The Johann Gottlieb Fichte Prize was from 1962 to 1974, the highest scientific award of the Humboldt University of Berlin .

history

In 1962 the prize was awarded for the first time on the 200th birthday of the first electoral rector, Johann Gottlieb Fichte . It was reserved in particular for young scientists for extraordinary work, but suggestions for innovations by young workers and employees could also be submitted, which had to meet the high standards of this annual award. The prize was awarded in three stages. Both individuals and collectives were honored.

On the 23rd anniversary of the GDR , the Johann Gottlieb Fichte Prize was awarded to a total of 1,210 applicants in October 1973 for 180 collective and individual works, including five youth projects .

In 1974 the Johann Gottlieb Fichte Prize was converted into the central Humboldt Prize, which still exists today, and into decentralized section prizes.

Scope of the price

The prize consisted of a pin, certificate and a sum of money.

Well-known award winners (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Karl Heinz Wirzberger (ed.): The Humboldt University of Berlin: Images from the past and present . Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, 1973, page 77 OCLC 3525366
  2. Humboldt Prize on the website of the Humboldt University of Berlin, accessed on December 21, 2014
  3. ^ Karl-Friedrich Wessel: Festschrift for the 75th birthday of Ilse Jahn. Kleine Verlag, 2000, p. 78 ISBN 978-3893703104