Heinrich Roller
Christian Heinrich Roller (born March 10, 1839 in Berlin ; † September 6, 1916 there ) was the founder of a German stenography system .
life and work
Heinrich Roller prepared for the profession of drawing teacher during his carpenter apprenticeship. In 1859 in the Berlin Craftsmen's Association he learned the shorthand designed by Arends , which he later improved significantly. His system appeared in 1875 and 17 years later it was already being used in various foreign languages by around 200 associations with a total of 4500 members.
In addition, Roller wrote humorous texts under the pseudonym Roland vom Hochplateau .
Afterlife
His grave is in the cemetery of the Free Religious Congregation in Pappelallee in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg . On November 25, 1925, in the same district of Berlin, Heinersdorfer Strasse, which had been named since its creation in 1866, was renamed Heinrich-Roller-Strasse in his honor. The occasion was the 50th anniversary of Roller's shorthand.
In a commemorative event on the occasion of the meeting of the Working Group of German Stenography Systems from July 14 to 18, 2006, the stenographers paid tribute to the life and work of Heinrich Roller as a person, stenographer, social democrat, free religious, writer and folk poet.
Fonts
- Humorous memories from old Berlin. A journey of entertaining and instructive stories from the middle of this century. 4th edition Berlin: self-published by the author, no date; Reprint (published for the commemoration on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of death), Berlin 2006
- Humorous memories from old Berlin. 2nd Edition. Neu-Ruppin: Verlag von Emil Rohr, 1884. Digitized by the Central and State Library Berlin, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:109-1-12259014
- Complete course in simple shorthand, which can be learned in a few hours, for use in schools, correspondence and parliament. 26th edition Berlin: self-published by the author, 1889.
Web links
Wikisource: Roller - Article of the 4th edition of Meyers Konversations-Lexikon- Jaritz, Karl-Heinz: On the 90th anniversary of Heinrich Roller's death and the 150th birthday of Max Bäckler, Neue Stenographische Praxis 2/2007
- Short biography of the Humanist Press Service
- Literature by and about Heinrich Roller in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roller, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roller, Christian Heinrich (full name); High plateau, Roland vom (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German stenographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1916 |
| Place of death | Berlin |