Heinrich Friedrich Theodor Kohlrausch (November 5, 1780 - January 30, 1867) was a German educator and historian

Historian

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Biography

He was born in Landolfshausen

Landolfshausen

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. He was a student at the University of Göttingen, and later at Berlin, Kiel, and Heidelberg. He was then a teacher in Barmen

Barmen

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 (from 1810), Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

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 (from 1814) and Münster

Münster

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 (from 1818).

In 1830 he was appointed Oberschulrat (Director of Schools) by the Hanoverian

Hanover

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 government. In this role he introduced several reforms and standards to the curriculum, and he stressed the importance of subjects such as natural science

Natural science

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s, history

History

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 and gymnastics

Gymnastics

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Writings

Kohlrausch published several textbooks, including the 1816 Die deutsche Geschichte für Schule und Haus (The German History for School and Home), which was published in fifteen editions. Also among his publications are:

• Kurze Darstellung der deutschen Geschichte (Outline of German history, 15th ed. 1894)
• Chronologischer Abriss der Weltgeschichte (Chronological outline of world history, 15th ed. 1861)
• Die Geschichte und Lehre der Heiligen Schrift (The history and teachings of holy scripture, 1811)

Family

He was the father of physicist

Physicist

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 Rudolf Kohlrausch

Rudolf Kohlrausch

Rudolf Hermann Arndt Kohlrausch was a German physicist.-Biography:He was a native of Göttingen, the son of educator Heinrich Friedrich Theodor Kohlrausch...

 (1809-1858) and surgeon

Surgeon

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 Otto Kohlrausch

Otto Kohlrausch

Otto Ludwig Bernhard Kohlrausch was a German physician and surgeon who was a native of Barmen. He studied natural sciences at the University of Bonn and medicine at Georg-August University of Göttingen...

(1811-1854).