Albrecht Wellmer

Albrecht Wellmer (German: [ˈvɛlmɐ]; 9 July 1933 – 13 September 2018)^[1] was a German philosopher at the Freie Universität Berlin.

Albrecht Wellmer
Albrecht Wellmer, 2014
Born	(1933-07-09)9 July 1933 Bergkirchen, Germany
Died	13 September 2018(2018-09-13) (aged 85) Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Philosopher
Education
Doctoral advisor	Theodor Adorno
Philosophical work
Doctoral students	Christoph Menke, Andrea Kern, Ruth Sonderegger, Moishe Postone, Sebastian Rödl

Biography

He studied mathematics and physics at Berlin and Kiel, then philosophy and sociology at Heidelberg and Frankfurt. He was an assistant to Jürgen Habermas at the University of Frankfurt from 1966 to 1970. He has held Professorships at the Universität Konstanz (1974–1990), the New School for Social Research and at the Freie Universität Berlin (1990 until his retirement in 2001). He has held guest Professorships at Haverford, Stony Brook, Collège International de Philosophie, the New School of Social Research and the University of Amsterdam.

Awards

In 2006 he received the Theodor W. Adorno Award, a prestigious award for achievement in philosophy, theatre, music, and film. In 2011 he received the Anna-Krüger-Preis of the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study.

Works

His works include books and articles about Aesthetics, Music, Critical Theory, Ethics, Modernity, and Postmodernity as well as thinkers such as Adorno, Habermas, Rorty, and Wittgenstein.

Personal life

From 1965 to 1981 Albrecht Wellmer was married to Ilse von Neander. He is the father of composer and artist Anne Wellmer. Albrecht Wellmer's grave is at Alter St. Matthäus Kirchhof in Berlin.