Silber, Käte, 1902-1979 (Senior Lecturer in German, University of Edinburgh)
Person
Biography
Käte Silber came to Edinburgh in 1939 as a German Jewish refugee. There, she was first a domestic help for Willa and Edwin Muir, although she was already a known expert on Pestalozzi, taught in Berlin by Eduard Spranger (1882-1963). However her academic career soon progressed, and she was Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Edinburgh from 1963 to 1973. She died on the 10th of January 1979.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Papers of Dr Käte Silber
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2102
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of the papers of Dr Käte Silber, a Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Edinburgh between 1963 and 1973, and a specialist on the Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827). It mostly includes some of Käte Silber's correspondence with Eduard Spranger and Fritz Bohnsack, as well as articles, pamphlets, typed documents, letters etc. relating to her life.
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Dates:
1963-2001; Original dates of copied letters: 1939-1952