PHILIPP EMANUEL VON See also:

• PHILIPP EMANUEL VON FELLENBERG (1771-1844)

FELLENBERG (1771-1844)  , Swiss educationist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 27th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1771 at See also:

• BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern, in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland . His See also:

• FATHER

father was of patrician See also:

• FAMILY

family, and a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of importance in his See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

canton, and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother was a See also:

• GRAND

grand-daughter of the Dutch See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral See also:

• VAN

Van See also:

• TROMP

Tromp . From his mother and from Pfeffel, the See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind poet of See also:

• COLMAR, or KOLMAR

Colmar, he received a better See also:

• EDUCATION

education than falls to the See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot of most boys, while the intimacy of his father with See also:

• PESTALOZZI, JOHANN HEINRICH

Pestalozzi gave to his mind that See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent which it afterwards followed . In 1790 he entered the university of See also:

• TUBINGEN

Tubingen, where he distinguished himself by his rapid progress in legal studies . On See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his See also:

• HEALTH

health he afterwards under-took a, walking tour in Switzerland and the adjoining portions of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• SWABIA, SUABIA

Swabia and See also:

• TIROL (or TYROL 1)

Tirol, visiting the hamlets and See also:

• FARM

farm-houses, mingling in the labours and occupations of the peasants and See also:

• MECHANICS

mechanics, and partaking of their See also:

• RUDE, FRANCOIS (1784–1855)

rude fare and lodging . After the downfall of See also:

• ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN FRANCOIS MARIE ISIDORE DE (175$-1794)

Robespierre, he went to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris and remained there See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long mouth to be assured of the See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm impending over his native See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . This he did his best to avert, but his warnings were disregarded, and Switzerland was lost before any efficient means could be taken for its safety . See also:

• FELLENBERG, PHILIPP EMANUEL VON (1771-1844)

Fellenberg, who had hastily raised a See also:

• LEVY (Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVY, AMY (1861–1889)
• LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844– )

levy en masse, was proscribed; a See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price was set upon his See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, and he was compelled to See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly into See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . Shortly afterwards, however, he was recalled by his countrymen, and sent on a See also:

• MISSION

mission to Paris to remonstrate against the rapacity and See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty of the agents of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic . But in this and other See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic offices which he held for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, he was See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness to so much corruption and intrigue that his mind revolted from the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of a See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LIFE

life, and he returned See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home with the intention of devoting himself wholly to the education of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young . With this See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution he See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased in 1799 the See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of Hofwyl, near Bern, intending to make See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture the basis of a new See also:

• SYSTEM

system which he had projected, for elevating the See also:

• LOWER

lower and rightly training the higher orders of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, and See also:

• WELDING (i.e. the action of the verb " to weld," the same word as " to well," to boil or spring up, the history of the word being to boil, to heat to a high degree, to beat heated iron; according to Skeat, who points out that in Swedish the compound verb

welding them together in a closer See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union than had hitherto been deemed attainable . For some time he carried on his labours in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with Pestalozzi, but incompatibility of disposition soon induced them to See also:

• SEPARATE

separate .

The See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of Fellenberg at first excited a large amount of ridicule, but gradually it began to attract the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign countries; and pupils, some of them of the highest See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, began to See also:

• FLOCK

flock to him from every country in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, both for the purpose of studying agriculture and to profit by the high moral training which he associated with his educational system . For See also:

• FORTY

forty-five years Fellenberg, assisted by his wife, continued his educational labours, and finally raised his institution to the highest point of prosperity and usefulness . He died on the 21st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1844 . See See also:

• HAMM

Hamm, Fellenberg's Leben and Wirken (Bern, 1845) ; and Schoni, Der See also:

• STIFTER, ADALBERT (1805-1868)

Stifter von Hofwyl, Leben and Wirken Fellenberg's .