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DIESTERWEG, FRIEDRICH ADOLF WILHELM (179o-1866)

DIESTERWEG, See also:
FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )
FRIEDRICH ADOLF WILHELM (179o-1866) , See also:

German educationist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

SIEGEN

Siegen on the nth of See also:

OCTOBER

October 1740. Educated at Herborn and See also:

TUBINGEN

Tubingen See also:

UNIVERSITIES

universities, he took to the profession of teaching in 1811. In 182o he was appointed director of the new school at Mors, where he put in practice the methods of See also:

PESTALOZZI, JOHANN HEINRICH

Pestalozzi. In 1832 he was summoned to See also:

Berlin to See also:

DIRECT

direct the new See also:

state-See also:

SCHOOLS

schools See also:

SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary in that See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city. Here he proved himself a strong supporter of unsectarian religious teaching. In 1846 he established the Pestalozzi institution at Pankow, and the Pestalozzi See also:

SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies for the support of teachers' widows and orphans. In 185o he retired on a See also:

PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension, but continued vigorously to See also:

ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate his educational views. In 1858 he was elected to the chamber of deputies as member for the city of Berlin, and voted with the Liberal opposition. He died in Berlin on the 7th of See also:

JULY

July 1866. Diesterweg was a voluminous writer on educational subjects, and was the author of various school See also:

TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-books.

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