Julius Reinhold Friedlander
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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.[1]
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(aged 35–36)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.[2]
In 1832 Friedlander founded the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, becoming its superintendent.[3] In 1838, he and Samuel Gridley Howe published embossed versions of the Book of Ruth and the Book of Proverbs.[4][5]
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[6]
Friedlander died on March 17, 1839.[7] After his death, the artist John Neagle painted a portrait of him from a death mask.[8]