Background
Rau, Adolf Wilhelm Ludwig was born on February 15, 1922 in Gera, Thuringia, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Kurt Rudolf and Johanna Lydia (Seifarth) Rau.
Rau, Adolf Wilhelm Ludwig was born on February 15, 1922 in Gera, Thuringia, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Kurt Rudolf and Johanna Lydia (Seifarth) Rau.
Gymnasium Ruthenum; Student, University Leipzig, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, University Marburg, 1949.
Lecturer University Marburg,, Federal Republic Germany, 1952-1955. Professor ordinarius University Marburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1958-1987, professor ordinarious emeritus Federal Republic Germany, since 1987. Professor extraordinarius University Frankfurt am Main,, Federal Republic Germany, 1955-1957.
Elected ordinary member Marburger Gelehrte Gesellschaft, 1970, Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft an der J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, 1974, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz, 1979.
Married Ruth Soreth, August 14, 1956. Children: Maria, Rudolf, Johanna.