Mell, Alexander#
b. Prague (Czech Republic), Feb. 17, 1850, d. Vienna, Sept. 30, 1931, teacher of the blind, father of Maria Josefa Mell and Max Mell. 1886-1919 director of the School for the Blind in Vienna, incorporated a printing office for Braille (1889) and a Braille library into the school, established organisations for welfare of the blind (1st health resort for the blind of the world, an institution for blind workers, a home for blind girls) and enlarged the Museum of the Blind. 1914 inspector of Austrian institutes for the blind.
Publications#
Ueber den Kontakt des blinden Kindes mit der Natur, 1894; Geschichte des k. k. Blinden-Erziehungs-Instituts in Wien 1804-1904, 1904; Kurze Ratschlaege und Winke zur richtigen Erziehung blinder Kinder, 1913.Literature#
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