Remembering schoolteacher Eilert Wulff | Norway AD 1904

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According to his obituary, published in the newspaper Nordkap on 28 October, Eilert Andreas Wulff was born in Kvæfjord, Troms, Norway, in 1874.

After completing his studies at Tromsø Lærerskole, a teacher’s college, in 1895, he was employed as a teacher at Skjervøy, where he stayed for two years.

During the following year, he completed further studies in the city of Trondheim, in preparation for a middle school exam (middelskolens avgangseksamen), which he completed in 1898.

On 15 August 1898, he was employed as a teacher at the Hammerfest Middelskole, a middle school, with added responsibilities also at the city’s primary school (folkeskolen), teaching gymnastics and carpentry.

Wulff was considered a friendly and first-class teacher, with the rare ability to ensure discipline in the classroom.

Eilert Wulff made many friends, and they shared in his family’s grief; he left us far too soon.

The funeral took place from the family home at noon on Saturday 29 October 1904.

Source: Nordkap 1904.10.28 page 2. Nasjonalbiblioteket nb.no | EGP.00022

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