Heinrich Friedrich Theodor Kohlrausch

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

Biography

He was born in Landolfshausen. He was a student at the University of Göttingen, and later at Berlin, Kiel, and Heidelberg. He was then a teacher in Barmen (from 1810), Düsseldorf (from 1814) and Münster (from 1818).

In 1830 he was appointed Oberschulrat (Director of Schools) by the Hanoverian government. In this role he introduced several reforms and standards to the curriculum, and he stressed the importance of subjects such as natural sciences, history and gymnastics.

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 Rudolf Kohlrausch (1809-1858) and surgeon Otto Kohlrausch (1811-1854).

References

• Historische Tabellenwerke (translated from German)
•  "Kohlrausch, Heinrich Friedrich Theodor". New International Encyclopedia. 1905. 
• Parts of this article are based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.