Moritz Hill

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Monument in Weißenfels
Grave in Weißenfels

Friedrich Moritz Hill (born December 8, 1805 in Reichenbach im Eulengebirge , Province of Silesia , † September 30, 1874 in Weißenfels ) was a German teacher of the deaf and dumb.

Life

Hill was a pupil of the seminary and (1825-28) assistant teacher of the orphanage in Bunzlau , then attended the university , the Singakademie and the deaf and dumb institution in Berlin for two years and was head of the deaf and dumb institution in Weißenfels from 1830 until his death .

In his development of the German or articulation method of teaching the deaf and dumb, Hill pursued the particular purpose of removing the character of a secret art from this teaching and adapting it to the general principles of modern pedagogy. In addition to numerous teaching and auxiliary books for teaching, he wrote: Instructions for teaching deaf and mute children for clergy and teachers (Weimar 1840; 3rd edition by Ohlewein and T .: The clergy and teachers in the service of the deaf and dumb , Weimar 1882); Complete instructions for teaching deaf and mute children (Essen 1840, 2nd ed. 1872).

biography

  • Eduard Walther: Friedrich Moritz Hill . In: Organ of the deaf and dumb institutions 1875, p. 129.

literature

  • Eduard Walther: History of the deaf and dumb education system with special consideration of the development of the German deaf mute education . Bielefeld [u. a.]: Velhagen & Klasing, 1882
  • MF Bethe: The royal seminary at Weissenfels and the provincial deaf-mute institution connected with it. Festschrift to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Provincial Deaf Mute Institute and the Preparatory Institute . Gotha: Thienemann, 1879.
  • E. Reuschert: Friedrich Moritz Hill, the reformer of the German deaf-mute education: e. Commemorative sheet for his 100th birthday in Berlin, 1905.

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personal data
SURNAME Hill, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hill, Friedrich Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German deaf-mute teacher
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Reichenbach in the Owl Mountains , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1874
Place of death Weissenfels