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Gregor Feinaigle, mnemonist and educator
Author(s) -
Laver A. Bryan
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(197901)15:1<18::aid-jhbs2300150103>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - german , subject (documents) , discipline , key (lock) , art , art history , classics , sociology , history , library science , archaeology , social science , computer science , computer security
Gregor Feinaigle opened in Dublin in 1813 one of the most splendid and, briefly, successful public schools in Great Britain, unusual for the extent of its offerings, for its advanced disciplinary methods, and for the key to its teaching methods – the art of memory. How Feinaigle, a German priest turned mnemonist, rose to fame as an educator in Ireland is the subject of this article.