Jakob steiner biography sample

Biography

Jakob Steiner's parents were Anna Barbara Weber (1757-1832) and Niklaus Steiner (1752-1826). Anna and Niklaus were married on 28 January 1780 and they had eight children. Jakob was the youngest of the children and spent his early years helping his parents with the small farm and business that they ran near the village of Utzenstorf, about 24 km north of Bern.

He did not learn to read and write until he was 14 but he then proved invaluable [1]:-

As a child he had to help his parents on the farm and in their business: his skill in calculation was of great assistance.

Jakob, however, wanted something better for himself but his parents were delighted to have his help with their business.

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At the age of 18, against the wishes of his parents, he left home to attend Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi's school at Yverdon at the south-east end of the Lake of Neuchâtel. Pestalozzi ran his innovative school in the town from 1805 to 1825 and Steiner entered in the spring of 1814.

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