Stadler, Karl R#
Stadler, Karl R., b. Vienna, Oct. 8, 1913, d. Linz (Upper Austria), July 7, 1987, historian, adult education teacher. 1934-1938 member of the Revolutionary Socialists, in 1938 emigrated to England; 1946-1948 lecturer at English universities; 1968-1983 Professor of contemporary history at the University of Linz; director of the ´L.-Boltzmann-Institute´ for the study of the history of the Labour Movement; 1973 Rector of the ´Renner Institute´ of the SPOe (Austrian Social Democratic Party); 1970-1984 President of the Association of Adult Education Centres.
Literature#
G. Botz et al. (eds.), Geschichte und Ges., Festschrift fuer K. R. S. zum 60. Geburtstag, 1974; R. Arlt and H. Hautmann, Arbeiterschaft und Nationalsozialismus in Oe. In memoriam K. S., 1990.