Johann Friedrich Oberlin

(1740-1826)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Oberlin, Johann Friedrich, 1740-1826 LBT ID: JoOberl1826 VIAF ID: 46812078 LOC ID: n85126501	B/BAP: 1740-08-31 DIED: 1826-06-01
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Alsatian pastor, improver, and philanthropist; Oberlin College is named for him.
REFERENCES TO Johann Friedrich Oberlin: Robert Southey to John Wood Warter, 25 August 1830 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 5 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXXIII. 1830 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XI Found 1: ¶ 17