Otto Leggewie
Otto Leggewie (born March 30, 1910 in Rees ; † January 16, 1991 in Düsseldorf ) was a German classical scholar and didactic specialist . From 1951 to 1961 he was the headmaster of the apostle grammar school in Cologne and then a ministerial official in the Ministry of Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Life
After graduating from high school in Neuwied at the later Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium in 1929, he studied ancient languages and history at the Universities of Bonn and Münster from 1931 to 1934 (1st state examination in 1934). During this time he became a member of the KDSt.V. Borusso-Westfalia Bonn , to which he remained permanently connected. After military service (1935) he became a student trainee in Koblenz and Essen (2nd state examination in 1937). In 1937 he joined the NSDAP . Until he was called up for military service in 1939, he was a study assessor in Duisburg-Meiderich and Remscheid . From 1945 to 1950 he taught as a secondary school teacher in Remscheid and then on Landfermann-Gymnasium in Duisburg. In 1950 he was appointed director of the district high school in Heinsberg , and in the following year he moved to the apostle high school.
He is the father of the political scientist Claus Leggewie .
Association activity and honors
From 1954 to 1958 he was chairman of the Classical Philology Association of North Rhine-Westphalia and from 1971 to 1977 chairman of the German Classical Philology Association . He published numerous translations and textbooks for teaching Latin and Greek . In 1982 the University of Düsseldorf awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Web links
- Otto Leggewie's personnel sheet in the BIL's personal file in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with son Claus in DER SPIEGEL 17/2015, p. 40 for a fee
- ↑ Otto Leggewie: Festschrift 1860 1960, 100 years of the State Apostle High School Cologne, p. 53
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leggewie, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist and didactic specialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rees |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1991 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |