Background
Funke, Gerhard B. was born on May 21, 1914 in Leopoldshall, Anhalt, Germany. Son of Otto Emil Gustav and Gertrud Friederike (Fritze) Funke.
researcher Philosophy educator
Funke, Gerhard B. was born on May 21, 1914 in Leopoldshall, Anhalt, Germany. Son of Otto Emil Gustav and Gertrud Friederike (Fritze) Funke.
Bachelor, Goethe Gymnasium, Dessau, Germany, 1934. Master of Arts, University Bonn, Germany, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, University Bonn, Germany, 1938.
Assistant professor philosophy University Bonn, 1947-1953, associate professor, 1953-1958. Professor philosophy Saarbrücken, Federal Republic Germany, 1958-1959, University Mainz, Federal Republic Germany, since 1959, rector, 1965-1967. Theodor Heuss professor New School for Social Research, New York City, 1977.
Member European Society Culture (vice president since 1965), Kant Society (president Bonn since 1972, president congresses Mainz 1974, 81, 90, Pennsylvania 1984), Academy of Sciences Mainz, Spanish Academy, Austrian Academy, Kant Society Japan (honorary), Kant Society United States of America (honorary), Kant Society Portugal (honorary), Albert Schweitzer Society (honorary).
Married Ursula Maria Sowa, April 20, l943. L child, Angela Renate.