Gotthilf Christoph Wilhelm Busolt (6 February 1771 – 3 May 1831) was a

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scholar. He is known for his transcripts of

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's lectures at the

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and his influence on the Prussian educational reforms. Busolt was born in Buchholz,

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(Bukowiec, Poland), the son of the local pastor Gotthilf Friedrich Busolt and Susanna née Kerstein. He started to study at the University of

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(Kaliningrad) in 1788, where he attended lectures of

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and Immanuel Kant. Busolt's transcript of Kant's lectures are known as the "Busolt logic". Busolt passed his doctorate exam in 1798. He became a teacher at the Altstadt Gymnasium and a

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(Tiepoltsche Armenschule) in Königsberg. He was largely influenced by the pedagogic ideas of

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. Busolt left Königsberg in 1798 to travel through Germany and visit several schools and learn about their different pedagogic concepts. In 1800 he returned to Königsberg and became a member of the church and school commissions. ID003465 A369 Luisenwahl

After the death of

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Busalt purchased Hippel's estate just outside Königsberg which he named Louisenwahl after his wife. In the summer of 1808 and 1809 King

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, Louise of Prussia and their children, the Princes William and

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resided in Luisenwahl. When

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reached Königsberg in June 1812 Louisenwahl was regarded too miserable for a king ("Miserable chateau pour un roi") Busolt became a member of Königsberg's city parliament in 1809 and member of the school reform commission headed by

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. Busolt gave lectures about modern pedagogy, which were attended by the Prussian King and Queen and Humboldt. Throughout the period of Prussian reforms

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lived for several month at Busolt's home. Busolt died in Königsberg on 3 May 1831.

References

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