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Adolph Douai

1819-02-22 – 1888-01-01

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Adolph Douai (1819-1888)Credit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

Karl Daniel Adolf Douai (1819 – 1888), known to his peers as "Adolf", was a German Texan teacher as well as a socialist and abolitionist newspaper editor. Douai was driven from Texas in 1856 due to his published opposition of slavery, living out the rest of his life as a school operator in the New England city of Boston. Douai is remembered as one of the leading American Marxists of the 19th century as well as a pioneer of the Kindergarten movement in America.

Occupation & Career

journalist, editor, pedagogue, publisher, opinion journalist, politician

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q74921 — wikidata View source

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