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3 unusual facts about Julius Reinhold Friedlander


Julius Reinhold Friedlander

He fought for Greek independence from Turkey and in 1832 he became the first superintendent of the Overbrook School for the Blind.

Overbrook School for the Blind

It was established in March 1832 by Julius Reinhold Friedlander (1803–1839), a German who had recently come to Philadelphia, and called it The Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind.

Tactile alphabet

Julius Reinhold Friedlander's Philadelphia Line, using all capital letters, similar to Alston's system, used at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania



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