Wilhelm Aarek

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Wilhelm Aarek (1907 – December 26, 1999) was a Norwegian philologist and educationalist.

He was a cand.philol. by education, and was appointed as a lecturer in the English language at Kristiansand Teacher's College in 1938. He had also applied for a job at Stavanger Cathedral School, but was rejected by the government. At Kristiansand Teacher's College he soon began writing books about pedagogy as well as his original field of philology.^[1] He served rector of the college from 1948 to 1976.^[2] He was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, and died in 1999.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Larsen, Olaf. "Rektor Wilhelm Aarek til minne" (in Norwegian). University of Agder. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
↑ "Wilhelm Aarek" (in Norwegian). University of Agder. Retrieved 8 January 2010.

Academic offices
Preceded by Håkon Wergeland	Rector of Kristiansand Teacher's College 1948–1976	Succeeded by Jan Fjelde

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Persondata
Name	Aarek, Wilhelm
Alternative names
Short description	Philologist and educationalist
Date of birth	1907
Place of birth
Date of death	26 December 1999
Place of death

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