Kurt Ruthe

Kurt Ruthe (born June 13, 1894 in Goslar , † March 18, 1980 in Bad Harzburg ) was a German high school teacher and polar researcher .

After graduating from high school, Ruthe completed a wide range of natural sciences studies at the universities of Berlin, Leipzig and Jena. He finished his studies with a thesis on the climate of the Antarctic.

From 1923 to 1959 he taught at the Holzminden grammar school . In addition to his teaching activities, Ruthe worked together with Max Grotewahl from 1934 on building the archive of the German Society for Polar Research . From 1940 to 1972 he was editor of the journal Polarforschung . In 1969, Ruthe was made the first honorary member of the German Society for Polar Research for his commitment .

literature

• Max Grotewahl: Professor Kurt Ruthe 60 years. In: Polar Research. Bremerhaven, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research & German Society of Polar Research, 24 (1/2), 1954, p. 317. (digitized version ) (PDF file; 128 kB)
• Karl-Heinz Tiedemann: Kurt Ruthe. In: Polar Research. Bremerhaven, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research & German Society of Polar Research, 50 (1/2), 1980, pp. 82-83. (Digitized version) (PDF file; 126 kB)
• Karl-Heinz Tiedemann: 55 years of the German Archive for Polar Research 50 years of the Polar Research magazine. In: Polar Research. Bremerhaven, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research & German Society of Polar Research, 51 (1/2), 1981, pp. 251-253. (Digitized version) (PDF file; 242 kB)