Code | DS/UK/1139 |
Dates | 05/06/1886-14/12/1974 |
Person Name | Hahn; Kurt (05/06/1886-14/12/1974); Prof. Dr. |
Surname | Hahn |
Forenames | Kurt |
Title | Prof. Dr. |
Activity | Educator, teacher, headmaster. |
Relationships | Brother of Rudolf Heinz Eric Leopold Hahn. |
History | Studied at Oxford, Berlin,Heidelberg, Freiburg and Göttingen; worked in the German Department for Foreign Affairs during WWI; private secretary to Prince Max von Baden. First headmaster of Schule Schloss Salem (until 1933). Moved to Scotland in 1933, founded Gordonstoun (Headmaster until 1953). |
Source | Ron Chernow, The Warburgs: A family saga, London 1993; "Kurt Hahn" in en.wikipedia. URL <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Hahn> [accessed on 16/05/2011]. |
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