!!!Felbiger, Johann Ignaz von

b. Glogow, Poland (then Glogau), Jan. 6, 1724, 
d. Bratislava, Slovakia (then Pressburg), May 17, 1788, reformer 
of the educational system, Augustinian Canon (from 1758 abbot) in 
Sagan. He was highly esteemed as a pedagogue for his reforms of 
Catholic schools in Silesia and in Glatz. In 1774 was called to Vienna 
by Maria Theresia. By introducing general school regulations,  
"Allgemeine Schulordnung", he completely reorganized the system 
of Austrian elementary education ( Deutsche Schule,  Pfarrschule). He 
was dismissed by Joseph II and spent the last years of his life 
at the provostry of Bratislava.

!Works
Eigenschaften, Wiss. und Bezeigen rechtschaffener Schulleute, 
1768; Methodenbuch fuer Lehrer der dt. Schulen, 1775; Kern des 
Methodenbuches, 1777.

!Literature
H. Engelbrecht, J. I. F. und die 
Vereinheitlichung des Primarschulwesens in Oe., %%sup 2/%1981.



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