Julius Reinhold Friedlander Explained

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]

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]

Notes and References

1. News: 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. ... .
2. Book: Freund . Elisabeth D. . Crusader for light: Julius R. Friedlander, founder of the Overbrook School for the Blind, 1832 . Dorrance & Co. . Philadelphia . 14.
3. Book reviews: Reading by Touch . September 2003. 21. 3. 121. ... Julius Reinhold Friedlander who fought for Greek independence from Turkey before taking over as the first superintendent of the School for the Blind in ... . British Journal of Visual Impairment. 10.1177/026461960302100308. 143219118.
4. Web site: The Book of Proverbs. 26 May 2018. M. Snider, printer. 26 May 2018. Google Books.
5. Web site: The Book of Ruth. 26 May 2018. Printed at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. 26 May 2018. Google Books.
6. Web site: American Philosophical Society Catalog › Results of Search for 'an:11…. https://archive.today/20120712000619/http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=an:11072 . dead . 2012-07-12 .
7. Web site: Text - Bio of founder, Julius R. Friedlander. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315070928/http://www.obs.org/page.php?ITEM=108. 2012-03-15. 2012-05-13.
8. Book: Willoughby . Edith . Overbrook School for the Blind . 2007 . Arcadia Publishing . Charleston SC, Chicago IL, Portsmouth NH, San Francisco CA . 978-0-7385-4916-3 . 13.