Wilhelm Aarek, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Aarek

Philologist and educationalist

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1907

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1999

Profession: pedagogue, philologist, linguist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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 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.
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.