Milde, Vincenz Eduard#
b. Brno, Czech Republic (then Bruenn), May 11, 1777, d. Vienna, March 14, 1853, priest and pedagogue. First professor to hold the chair of pedagogy at the University of Vienna (1805-1810), head of the school of philosophy in Krems (1815-1823), Bishop of Leitmeritz (1823-1832), Archbishop of Vienna (1832-1853). One of the most significant educationalists in Austria; integrated psychology and anthropology into pedagogy, developed therapeutic and social pedagogy and advocated what where then very modern ideas (re-socialisation of released prisoners, sex education, political education as a teaching principle, etc.).
Work: Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Erziehungskunde, 2 vols., 1811/1813.
Literature#
H. Engelbrecht, Zur Problematik und zu den Aufgaben einer Milde-Biographie, in: Bundesgymn. Krems Festschrift, 1977; NDB.