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Felix Adler

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Felix Adler ad´ler , 1851-1933, American educator and leader in social welfare, founder of the Ethical Culture movement , b. Germany. He was brought to the United States as a small child, was graduated from Columbia in 1870, and afterward studied in Germany. In 1876 he established the New York Society for Ethical Culture and, in connection with the Ethical Culture School, the first free kindergarten in New York City. Adler organized the Workingmen's Lyceum, helped to establish the Workingmen's School and the Manhattan Trade School for Girls, and founded (1883) the first child study... Read more

Felix Adler
Felix Adler Felix Adler (1851-1933), American educator and social...of the society was "Deed not creed." Felix Adler was born on Aug. 13, 1851, at Alzey...April 24, 1933, after a short illness, Felix Adler died. A dedicated reformer who sought... Read more

Adler, Felix (1851-1933)
Felix Adler (1851-1933) Founder of the ethical culture school A Tradition of Philanthropy. Felix Adler, the son of a rabbi at Manhattan ’...mob action by starvation and idleness. Adler believed that philanthropy had to “... Read more

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