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J. F. Oberlin (1740-1826); Alsatian pastor and philanthropist. For the spiritual condition of his people, he preached three sermons each month in French, and one in German. For their material improvement, he constructed roads and bridges, practised medicine, and founded a savings and loan bank. He improved the agricultural system, erected a number of cottages, and introduced various industrial arts.
He founded an itinerant library, originated infant schools, and established an ordinary school at each of the five villages in the parish.