Bernhard Ferié

FAMILY: Originally French family, records since 13th century from Southern France, moving to Burgundy, then Germany long before Huguenots, consistent rare name spelling, PERSON: familiar with exclusion / inclusion calamities, spent childhood + youth in Westphalia, was nearly blind, in 1975 miracle eye surgery, COLLEGE: Humanities at Gymnasium Carolinum, UNIVERSITY STUDIES + EXAMS/DIPLOMAS: 1966/67 Paris + Angers/F, 1968 London + Cambridge/UK, 1969-1972 Muenster/D, French, Italian, Spanish (Romance Studies), Philosophy, English (Brtish and American English Studies), European History of Arts, 1973-1975 Journalism + Legal Studies, technical engineering training, plus 15 languages, manifold professional activities: FIRST CAREER (teacher): 1977-1984 full-time college teacher (Studienrat) in Osnabrueck/D + Mettingen/D in English, French + Philosophy, 1970-1981 VHS, KVHS + KKVHS teacher of English, French, Italian + Philosophy at Open University for Adults in Muenster + Osnabrueck, SECOND CAREER (interpreter + tran