Background
He was the son of pathologist Alexander Kolisko (1857-1918).
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Eugen Kolisko
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He studied medicine at the University of Vienna, and in 1917 became a lecturer of medical chemistry.
Career
Kolisko specialized in preventative medicine, and at Waldorf he worked with other teachers in creating a curriculum that focused on the spiritual and physical development of school children. He was instrumental in construction of several artistic therapies, such as anthroposophic music therapy and eurythmy. During the 1930s, he left Waldorf in Stuttgart for political reasons, relocating to England in 1936, where he undertook the establishment of a private educational institute.
Kolisko died of cardiac failure outside London on 29 November 1939.
Eugen Kolisko was the author of numerous written works, published both in German and English. The following are a few of his better known English publications:
"Lead and the Human Organism"
"Nutrition and Agriculture"
"The Threefold Human Organism: A Series of Lectures"
"Three Fundamental Problems of the Anthroposophical Knowledge of Manitoba I. the Bodily Foundation of Thinking"
"Reincarnation and Other Essays"
"The Classification of the Animal Kingdom Articles in the Present Age", Volume
1, Nos. 2 & 3"
"Zoology for everybody: a series of lectures"
"Nutrition: a Series of Lectures: 1 - the Transformation of Matter".
Membership
Consequently, he became a member of the Anthroposophical Society, and in 1920 was invited as an instructor to the newly established Waldorf School at Stuttgart by Emil Molt (1876-1936).
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Born
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Nationality
Austria