Chimani, Leopold#
b. Langenzersdorf (Lower Austria), Feb. 20, 1774, d. Vienna, April 21, 1844, educationalist and author of more than 100 books for children and teenagers. Became headmaster of the secondary modern school and industrial school in Korneuburg after F. Gaheis (1798). In the administration of the school-book issuing office, from 1817 also worked as book censor.
Works#
Vaterlaend. Unterhaltungen fuer die Jugend, 1815; Ferienreise von Wien nach Ischl, 1829; Biographien beruehmter und verdienter Maenner, 1832; Biographien beruehmter Frauen, 1832; Der hist. Bildersaal, 1837; Das Kleine Belvedere, 1840.Literature#
L. Holzer, L. C. (the Younger), in: Rund um den Bisamberg, 41974.