Julius Reinhold Friedlander (1803–1839) was a German-American educator. He was the founder of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind in Philadelphia, which later became the Overbrook School for the Blind.
Julius Reinhold Friedlander | |
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 portrait by John Neagle | |
| Born | 1803  |
| Died | 1839 (aged 35–36) |
Biography
Julius Reinhold Friedländer (equivalently "Friedlaender") was born 21 April, 1803, in Ratibor, Upper Silesia, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia and now in Poland.
In 1832 Friedlander founded the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, becoming its superintendent. In 1838, he and Samuel Gridley Howe published embossed versions of the Book of Ruth and the Book of Proverbs,.
Friedlander's other preserved works include:
- An address to the public, at the first exhibition of the pupils of at the Pennsylvania Institution: November 21, 1833.
- To the inhabitants of Pennsylvania
- Observations on the instruction of blind persons : in a letter to Robert Vaux, John Vaughan, and Robert Walsh, esquires
Friedlander died on March 17, 1839. After his death, the artist John Neagle painted a portrait of him from a death mask.
References
- "Julius R. Friedlander". The Friend. 1839.
Shortly after the death of J. R. Friedlander, the students of the Institution for the Blind assembled, and resolved that an obituary should be prepared for their friend and benefactor, and the task was devolved upon Henry J. Gray, of Virginia, one of the blind, a lad in his fifteenth year. We have already had occasion to notice the poetic composition, and the musical writings of this wonderful youth; we now invite attention to his notice of his beloved teacher. We copy it from the Student's Magazine, published in the Institute, and printed with raised letters for the blind. ...
- Freund, Elisabeth D. Crusader for light: Julius R. Friedlander, founder of the Overbrook School for the Blind, 1832. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co. p. 14.
- "Book reviews: Reading by Touch". British Journal of Visual Impairment. 21 (3): 121. September 2003. doi:10.1177/026461960302100308. S2CID 143219118.
... Julius Reinhold Friedlander who fought for Greek independence from Turkey before taking over as the first superintendent of the School for the Blind in ...
- "The Book of Proverbs". M. Snider, printer. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018 – via Google Books.
- "The Book of Ruth". Printed at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018 – via Google Books.
- "American Philosophical Society Catalog › Results of Search for 'an:11…". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.
- "Text - Bio of founder, Julius R. Friedlander". Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
- Willoughby, Edith (2007). Overbrook School for the Blind. Charleston SC, Chicago IL, Portsmouth NH, San Francisco CA: Arcadia Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-7385-4916-3.
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