Adolf Frankenberg
Adolf Frankenberg (full name Adolf Friedrich August Frankenberg ; and English Adolph Franckenberg ; * 1808 ; † June 17, 1858 ) was a German educator . He founded the first kindergarten in Saxony in the first half of the 19th century .
Life
Frankenberg was a student of the philosopher Karl Christian Friedrich Krause .
As a supporter of the pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel , Frankenberg wrote a diary in the winter of 1838 - later translated by the American Harriot Ransom Milinowski, but unpublished - about the time leading up to the establishment of the first kindergarten, which Frankenberg together with Froebel 1840 as the first kindergarten in Dresden founded in what was then the Kingdom of Saxony . Frankenberg's wife Luise Frankenberg (née Luise Hermann, 1818–1884) initially worked there as a teacher and managed the facility until 1861 after the death of her husband.
Archival material
Archives or manuscripts by and about Adolf Frankenberg can be found, for example
- as “Correspondence between Adolf Frankenberg and Friedrich Fröbel” with 64 letters from the period from 1833 to 1852 in the library for research on the history of education based in Berlin, call number Fröbel 428
Fonts
- Brief description of a natural way of bringing up small children who are not yet ready for school. Executed together with a plan in a newly founded institution in Dresden; Dedicated to all parents and friends of children. A contribution to the momentous, genuine care of tender childhood. Arnoldische Buchhandlung, Dresden / Leipzig 1840.
- Plan for a home teaching and educational institution. In addition to thoughts, experiences and suggestions about an early and natural education. Arnold, Dresden 1845
- The kindergarten as a vocational school for virgins. A plan for the education of young girls after the fourteenth year. Arnold, Dresden 1848. (Digitized from the Saxon State Library - State and University Library Dresden (SLUB))
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Renate Brunner (Ed.): Everyday life and artistry. Clara Schumann and her Dresden friends Marie von Lindeman and Emilie Steffens. (= Schumann studies / special volume . Volume 4). Studiopunkt, Sinzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-89564-119-0 , p. 381. ( limited preview in Google book search)
- ^ Enrique M. Ureña : Krause, educador de la humanidad. una biografía. (= Colección del Instituto de Investigación sobre Liberalismo, Krausismo y Masonería = Publicaciones de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas ). Unión Ed., Madrid 1991, ISBN 84-7209-240-2 , p. 496. ( limited preview in Google book search; Spanish)
- ↑ a b Milinowski, Harriot Ransom (Mrs. Arthur Milinowski). In: John William Leonard (Editor-in-Chief): Woman's who's who of America. A biographical Dictionary of contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. 1914-1915. The American Commonwealth Company, New York. ( Reprinted by Gale Research Company, Book Tower, Detroit 1976, ISBN 0-8103-4018-6 , p. 561) ( digitized in the English-language Wikisource ) (English)
- ↑ Information about the Kalliope network
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frankenberg, Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frankenberg, Adolf Friedrich August (full name); Franckenberg, Adolph (English name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator and author, founder of the first kindergarten in Saxony |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1808 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1858 |