Lewis Elton
Lewis Richard Benjamin Elton (born March 25, 1923 in Tübingen under the name Ludwig Ehrenberg ; † September 29, 2018 in Surrey ) was a British educational researcher.
Life
Lewis Elton was born in Tübingen as the son of the ancient historian Victor Ehrenberg and the teacher Eva Dorothea Sommer. After their father was appointed to a chair at the German University, the Jewish family moved to Prague in 1929 and fled from there to England in 1939 from the Nazis . He Anglicized his name in 1944 and acquired British citizenship .
Elton studied physics and became a professor at Battersea College of Technology in 1964 . In 1970 the college was converted into a university and relocated to Guildford . Elton then became a professor of higher education, which he remained until 1988. In 1994 he became Professor at University College London , where he established the Chair of Research and Development in Higher Education. In 2003 he was made an honorary professor and in 2005 he was visiting professor in Manchester.
Elton was a Fellow at the American Institute of Physics and the Society for Research into Higher Education. In 2005, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the first Times Higher Awards . In 2008 he was awarded an honorary doctorate ( D. Litt (Education) honoris causa ) from University College London .
His brother was the historian Geoffrey Rudolph Elton , his son is the comedian Ben Elton .
literature
- Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 . Volume 2.1. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 262
Web links
- Influential University of Surrey academic passes away. University of Surrey, October 11, 2018(English).
- Professor Lewis Elton remembered. University of Surrey, October 9, 2018(English).
- "I'm just a dyed-in-the-wool scholar". In: timeshighereducation.com. January 4, 2002(English).
- Professor Lewis Elton. In: ucl.ac.uk. University College London, August 17, 2006, archived from the original on February 22, 2008 .
- Professor Lewis Elton's abbreviated CV. In: ied.edu.hk. Hong Kong Institute of Education, August 4, 2004, archived from the original on August 27, 2008 .
- The Elton / Ehrenberg Papers. In: sussex.ac.uk. Sussex University
Individual evidence
- ^ Matthew Reisz: Lewis Elton, 1923-2018. Times Higher Education, October 18, 2018, accessed October 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Award winners announced! TSL Education Ltd., 2005, archived from the original on February 19, 2006 .
- ↑ UCL academics win accolades at the THES awards. ucl.ac.uk, November 25, 2005, accessed October 30, 2018 .
- ^ Honorary doctorate for Professor Lewis Elton. ucl.ac.uk, March 5, 2008, accessed October 30, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elton, Lewis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elton, Lewis Richard Benjamin (full name); Elton, LRB; Ehrenberg, Ludwig (birth name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physicist and educational researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tübingen or Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29th September 2018 |
| Place of death | Surrey |