Background
He was born in Trondhjem as a son of attorney Laurentius Andreas Schulz and Christiane Wilhelmine Ulich.
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Carl Schulz
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He finished his secondary education at Trondhjem Cathedral School in 1871, studied philology for one and a half-year and then the sciences.
Career
He became known as a teacher of physics, electrotechnics and mineralogy before advancing to being school director He graduated with the candidate.real. degree in 1877, and worked in Ås and Tromsø until May 1878. He was then hired as a teacher at Trondhjem Cathedral School.
He also worked at a middle school in the city.
In September 1893 he was hired as a teacher of physics, applied physics, electrotechnics and mineralogy at Trondhjem Technical School. He worked two jobs until being let go (following his own request) from Trondhjem Cathedral School in June 1894.
Electrotechnics in particular was a new field, so he had to be an autodidact, with several study trips to continental Europe. He wrote the textbook Grundtræk af elektrotekniken in 1909.
Trondhjem Technical School went through organizational changes in the 1910s, and Schulz was the school"s director from July 1917 to his retirement in 1926.
He represented the Liberal Party in Trondhjem city council from 1902 to 1904, and participated in the planning of an electricity works at Lerfossen. He collected minerals for the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, managing their mineral collection from 1878 to 1936, and also donated some to Trondhjem Cathedral School. He also spent much spare time working for the trekking cause.
A well-known tourist cabin in Sylan bears his name.
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Nationality
Norway -
Political Party
Liberal party