Simon Heller
Simon Heller (born October 25, 1843 in Tachau , Austrian Empire ; died May 4, 1922 in Vienna ) was an Austrian educator for the blind .
Life
Simon Heller attended the teacher training college in Olomouc . He then worked as a private tutor in Tachau. He went to Vienna, where he became a primary school teacher and then a continuing education teacher. In 1873 he was appointed director of the Israelite Institute for the Blind on the Hohe Warte , which he headed until his death in 1922. He introduced modeling and drawing lessons at schools for the blind. Heller founded an institute for the war blind . Heller wrote a variety of textbooks and writings on teaching the blind. Heller was appointed to the Imperial Council . He is buried in an honorary grave of the City of Vienna in the Vienna Central Cemetery , Israelite Department.
The special education teacher Theodor Heller is his son.
literature
- Simon Heller , in: Gabriele von Glasenapp , Hans Otto Horch : Ghettoliteratur. A documentation on the German-Jewish literary history of the 19th and early 20th centuries . Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 2005, p. 896
- Heller, Simon. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 262.
Web links
- Literature by and about Simon Heller in the bibliographic database WorldCat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heller, Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian educator for the blind |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tachau |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1922 |
| Place of death | Vienna |