11 Facts About Alexander Witting

Carl Johann Adolf Alexander Witting was a German mathematician.

Alexander Witting married the pianist Sophie Sebass in 1889.

Alexander Witting successfully completed his final grammar school examinations at the Stadtische Gymnasium zum Heiligen Kreuz in Dresden at Easter 1880, served his military service for one year and commenced the study at the teachers department of the Polytechnikum Dresden at the summer term 1881.

On 1 April 1885 Alexander Witting commenced his probationary year as teacher at the Thomasschule in Leipzig, and at the same time he attended courses and seminars at the university of Leipzig, esp.

Alexander Witting was one of those secondary-school teachers, who remained being associated with the development of their science, and who published frequently themselves.

Der mathematische Unterricht an den Gymnasien und Realanstalten und die Ausbildung der Lehramtskandidaten im Konigreich Sachsen, written by Alexander Witting was published 1910.

Alexander Witting was one of its board members for a long time, and too was among the founders of the Forderverein's very busy local union in Dresden.

For several years from 1911 on, Alexander Witting additionally published Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Arzte.

Alexander Witting had been active in World War I, and his achievements about secondary schools were generally honoured.

Alexander Witting was not affiliated to the NS teachers alliance, but was at first allowed to join as a guest.

Alexander Witting remained an honorary member of the development association, which in that form only existed until 1936.