Background
Hentig, Hartmut von was born on September 23, 1925 in Poznan, Poland.
Hentig, Hartmut von was born on September 23, 1925 in Poznan, Poland.
Bachelor, Elizabethtown College, 1950. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Elizabethtown College, 1991. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1951.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1953.
Teacher Greek and Latin Uhland Gymnasium, Tübingen, Germany, 1956-1963. Professor education Göttingen (Germany) University, 1963-1968, Bielefeld (Germany) University, 1968-1987, professor emeritus, since 1987. Research director Bielefeld Laborschule and Bielefeld Oberstufen-Kolleg, 1970-1987.
Fellow Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 1981-1982. Vice president Deutsche Academy für Sprache und Dichtung, Darmstadt, Germany, 1987-1993.
Active Präsidium des Deutschen Evangelischen Kirchetages, 1988-2000. Founder, president Hope e.V. for International Understanding, Berlin and Samara, Russia, 1989. Lieutenant German Wehrmacht, 1943-1945.
Son of Werner Otto von Hentig and Natalie von Kügelgen.