!!!Klein, Johann Wilhelm

Klein, Johann Wilhelm, b. Allerheim near Noerdlingen (Germany), 
April 11, 1765, d. Vienna, May 12, 1848, pioneer in the field of 
education for the blind, in 1804 started to teach blind juveniles in 
Vienna (from 1810 with public support in a house especially maintained 
for this purpose, the first school for the blind of the German 
speaking countries), in 1825 founded a charitable institution 
providing occupation and care for blind adults, in 1835 a museum on 
educating the blind.

!Works
Beschreibung eines gelungenen Versuches, blinde Kinder zur 
buergerl. Brauchbarkeit zu bilden, 1805; Lehrbuch zum Unterrichte der 
Blinden, 1819; Geschichte des Blinden-Unterrichtes, 1837.

!Literature
J. Bauer, J. W. K. und die hist. Grundlagen der 
dt. Blindenpaedagogik, 1926; OeBL; NDB.


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