Keller, Helen

Japanese: ケラー（英語表記）Keller, Helen

Born June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama
Died: June 1, 1968. Westport, Connecticut. American female educator. Full name Helen Adams Keller. At 19 months old, she lost her sight and hearing due to a serious illness (presumably scarlet fever), and was therefore unable to speak. At the age of six, her parents consulted Alexander G. Bell about Keller's education, and Anne Sullivan was put in charge of her education. Sullivan herself had recovered some of her sight by then, but had once been blind. She was a graduate of the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston, and was 20 years old at the time. Sullivan began her education in March 1887, and within a month she had taught Keller how to speak. Thanks to Sullivan's tireless guidance and the results of her education at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Boston and the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in New York, Keller became proficient in reading, writing, speaking, and general subjects. In 1900, he entered Radcliffe College and graduated with honors in 1904. Sullivan's abilities as a teacher were just as astonishing as Keller's talents. Sullivan remained his devoted companion until his death in 1936. Keller subsequently devoted herself to the welfare of the blind, deaf, and mute, including making numerous lecture tours both at home and abroad, and visited Japan in 1937, 1948, and 1955. She is the author of many books, including The Story of My Life (1903), Out of the Dark (1913), My Religion (1927), and Let Us Have Faith (1940).

Keller
Keller, Gottfried

Born: July 19, 1819, Zurich
Died: July 15, 1890, Zurich Swiss novelist. He aspired to be a painter but failed, and turned to literature. He was decisively influenced by the philosophy lectures of Feuerbach that he heard at the University of Heidelberg, and produced masterpieces of poetic realism that combined a keen sense of reality with humor, based on a modern-day humanism. His highly autobiographical novel Der grüne Heinrich (1853-55, revised 1879-80) is particularly famous, and is one of the masterpieces of the German liberal arts novel. His other works include the collection of short stories Die Leute von Seldwyla (2 parts, 56, 73-74), Sieben Legenden (Seven Legends) (72), Züricher Novellen (78), Das Sinngedicht (Allegorical Tales) (81), the novel Martin Salander (86), and Gesammelte Gedichte (Poems) (83).

Keller
Keller, Wilhelm

[Born] 1909
[Died] 1987
Swiss philosopher. Professor at the University of Zurich. His major works are "Psychologie und Philosophie des Wollens" (1954) and "Das Problem der Willensfreiheit" (65).

Keller
Keller, Ferdinand

Born: December 24, 1800, Marthalen, Switzerland
Died: June 21, 1881, Zurich. Swiss archaeologist who initiated systematic excavations of lake dwellings and studied similar ruins in Switzerland and elsewhere in Europe.

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Japanese:

[生]1880.6.27. アラバマ，タスカンビア
[没]1968.6.1. コネティカット，ウェストポート
アメリカ合衆国の女性教育家。フルネーム Helen Adams Keller。生後 19ヵ月でかかった重病（猩紅熱とみられる）のため視力と聴力を失い，そのためことばを話すことができなくなった。6歳のとき両親がケラーの教育についてアレグザンダー・G.ベルに相談したのが機縁でアン・サリバンが教育にあたることになった。サリバン自身も当時は視力を幾分回復はしていたが，一時期失明状態を経験しており，ボストンのパーキンズ盲学校の卒業生で，当時 20歳であった。サリバンは 1887年3月に教育を開始し，1ヵ月たたないうちにケラーにことばを教えた。サリバンのたゆまぬ指導と，ボストンのホーレス・マン聾学校，ニューヨークのライト・ヒューメーソン聾学校での教育の成果により，ケラーは読み書き話すことのほか，普通の学科にも習熟した。1900年にはラドクリフ・カレッジに入学，1904年優等で卒業した。サリバンの教師としての能力はケラーの才能に劣らぬ驚くべきものであった。サリバンは 1936年に死ぬまで献身的な伴侶として尽くした。ケラーはその後国内外で講演旅行を重ねるなど盲聾唖者の福祉のために尽力し，1937，1948，1955年に訪日した。『私の半生記』The Story of My Life（1903），『暗黒の中から』Out of the Dark（1913），『私の宗教』My Religion（1927），『入信のすすめ』Let Us Have Faith（1940）など多くの著作がある。

ケラー
Keller， Gottfried

[生]1819.7.19. チューリヒ
[没]1890.7.15. チューリヒ
スイスの小説家。画家を志して挫折，文学に転じた。ハイデルベルク大学で聞いたフォイエルバハの哲学講義から決定的影響を受け，現世的人間主義の立場に立ち鋭い現実感覚とユーモアの融合した詩的リアリズムの傑作を生み出した。自伝的色彩の濃い小説『緑のハインリヒ』 Der grüne Heinrich (1853～55，改稿 79～80) は特に有名で，ドイツ教養小説の代表作の一つ。ほかに短編集『ゼルトウィーラの人々』 Die Leute von Seldwyla (2部，56，73～74) ，『七つの伝説』 Sieben Legenden (72) ，『チューリヒ小説』 Züricher Novellen (78) ，『寓意詩物語』 Das Sinngedicht (81) ，小説『マルチン・ザランダー』 Martin Salander (86) ，『詩集』 Gesammelte Gedichte (83) 。