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Otto Willmann '' A devout Catholic, Willmann was the leading German Catholic scholar in education of his time. He taught at the German University of Prague (now ) from 1872 until 1905. Willmann was a contributor to the
Otto Willmann (1839-1920) was a German philosopher and educator, in the tradition of Johann Friedrich Herbart.Encyclopedia.com |
Otto Philipp Gustav Willmann (1839–1920)
Otto is a masculine German given name and a Otto (surname), surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded from the 7th century (Otto (mayor of the palace), Odo, son of Uro, courtier of Sigebert III). It was the name of three 10th-century German kings, the first of whom was Otto I the Great, the first Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Ottonian dynasty. The Gothic form of the prefix was ''auda-'' (as in e.g. ''Odotheus, Audaþius''), the Anglo-Saxon form was ''ead-'' (as in e.g. ''Eadmund''), and the Old Norse form was ''Auðr (other), auð-''. Due to Otto von Bismarck, the given name ''Otto'' was strongly associated with the German Empire in the later 19th century. It was comparatively frequently given in the United States (presumably in German American families) during the 1880s to 1890s, remaining in the top 100 most pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |