Wilhelm Aarek (17 April 1907 – 26 December 1999) was a Norwegian philologist and educationalist. He was a cand.philol. by education, and was appointed as a lecturer in

English language English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples th ...

at Kristiansand Teacher's College in 1938. He had also applied for a job at

Stavanger Cathedral School Stavanger Cathedral School (''Norwegian language, Norwegian: Stavanger katedralskole'') is an upper secondary school in the city of Stavanger, Rogaland county, Norway. It is spread over two areas; the traditional Kongsgård and the school's new b ...

, but was rejected by the government. At Kristiansand Teacher's College he soon began writing books about

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

as well as his original field of philology. He served rector of the college from 1948 to 1976. He was decorated with the

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ...

, and died in 1999.

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1907 births 1999 deaths Norwegian educators Academic staff of the University of Agder Rectors of universities and colleges in Norway 20th-century Norwegian philologists {{Norway-academic-bio-stub