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ADLER, FELIX (r851- )

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ADLER, See also:FELIX (r851- ) , See also:American educationalist, was See also:born at See also:Alzey, See also:Germany, on the 13th of See also:August 1851. His See also:father, a Jewish See also:rabbi, emigrated to the See also:United States in 1857, and the son graduated at See also:Columbia See also:College in 187o. After completing his studies at See also:Berlin and See also:Heidelberg, he became, in 1894, See also:professor of See also:Hebrew and See also:Oriental Literature at Cornell University. In 1876 he established in New See also:York See also:City the Society for Ethical Culture, to the development and See also:extension of which he devoted a See also:great See also:deal of See also:time and See also:energy, and before which he delivered a See also:regular See also:Sunday lecture. In 1902 he became professor of See also:political and social See also:ethics at Columbia University. He also acted as one of the editors of the See also:International See also:Journal of Ethics. Under his direction the Society for Ethical Culture became an important See also:factor in educational reform in New York City, exercising through its technical training school and See also:kindergarten (established in See also:January 1878) a wide See also:influence. Dr Adler also took a prominent See also:part in philanthropic and social reform movements, such as the See also:establishment of a See also:system of See also:district See also:nursing, the erection of See also:model See also:tenement houses, and tenement See also:house reform. He published Creed and See also:Deed (1877), The Moral Instruction of See also:Children (1892), See also:Life and Destiny (1903), See also:Marriage and See also:Divorce (1905), and The See also:Religion of See also:Duty (1905).

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