ID
2292
Nationality
German (Silesian)
Occupation
Teacher
City magistrate
Minister
Religion
Summary
Hearing. Magistrate for the city of Rostock, teacher in a (hearing) Luneburg grammar school, and pastor of a church. Of his 6 children, 3 daughters were deaf. He taught them himself using the methods of Johann Konrad Ammann (q.v.), with the ultimately successful aim of passing their church confirmation ceremonies. The oldest deaf daughter died at age 20; neither her name nor that of the other deaf siblings is known.
References
The Conquest of Deafness, p.69-71; Arnold on the Education of the Deaf, p.28.
Dates
10 September 1673-5 June 1740