About Wilhelm Aarek
Lived 1907 – 1999 (aged 92). Wilhelm Aarek was a Norwegian linguist, pedagogue, philologist and english language.
Wilhelm Aarek (17 April 1907 – 26 December 1999) was a Norwegian philologist and educationalist.
He was a cand.philol. by education, and was appointed as a lecturer in 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. He served rector of the college from 1948 to 1976. He was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, and died in 1999.
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Who was Wilhelm Aarek?
Philologist and educationalist
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Wilhelm Aarek was born on 17 April 1907.
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Wilhelm Aarek died on 26 December 1999.
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Wilhelm Aarek was a linguist, pedagogue, philologist and english language.
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Wilhelm Aarek was Norwegian.
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