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<div>{{short description|Alsatian pastor and philanthropist (1740–1826)}}<br />
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|birth_name = Johann Friedrich Oberlin<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1740|08|31|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Strasbourg]], [[Kingdom of France|France]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1826|06|01|1740|08|31|df=y}} <br />
| death_place = [[Waldersbach]], [[Bas-Rhin]], France<br />
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'''J. F. Oberlin''' (31 August 1740 – 1 June 1826) was an [[Alsace|Alsatian]] [[pastor]] and a [[philanthropist]]. He has been known as '''John Frederic(k) Oberlin''' in [[English language|English]], '''Jean-Frédéric Oberlin''' in [[French language|French]], and '''Johann Friedrich Oberlin''' in [[German language|German]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
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Oberlin was born the son of Johann Georg Oberlin (1701–1770), a teacher, and Maria Magdalena (1718–1787), daughter of lawyer Johann Heinrich Feltz, on 31 August 1740 in the German-speaking city of [[Strasbourg]], where he studied theology. In 1766 he became Protestant pastor of Waldbach (now [[Waldersbach]]), a remote and barren region in the Steinthal ([[Ban de la Roche]]/Steintal), a valley in the [[Vosges]] on the borders of Alsace and Lorraine.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<br />
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Oberlin set out to improve both the material and the spiritual condition of the inhabitants. He began by encouraging the construction of roads through the valley and the erection of bridges, rallying the peasantry to the enterprise by his personal example. He introduced an improved system of agriculture. Substantial cottages were erected, and various industrial arts were introduced. He founded an itinerant library, originated infant schools (precursors of the modern [[Nursery Schools of France|nursery schools of France]]) and established an ordinary school at each of the five villages in the [[parish]]. In the work of education he received great assistance from his housekeeper, Louisa Scheppler (1763–1837).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} He practiced medicine among them, founded a savings and loan bank and introduced cotton manufacturing.{{sfn|Rines|1920}}<br />
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Beside all this Oberlin was a man of rare spirituality, being frequently styled "a saint of the Protestant church," and an excellent pastor, who preached each month three sermons in French and one in German.{{sfn|Rines|1920}} In 1812 [[Daniel Legrand]] visited the Steinthal ([[Ban de la Roche]]), where he met Oberlin, who lived in Waldersbach.{{sfn|De Felice|1859|p=509}} Legrand came under the spell of the pastor, and moved with his ribbon factory to the village of [[Fouday|Urbach]] in the vicinity of Waldersbach, where he lived for the rest of his life.{{sfn|De Felice|1859|p=509}}<br />
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Oberlin died at [[Waldersbach]] on 1 June 1826 and was interred with great manifestations of honor and affection at Urbach (now [[Fouday]], Bas Rhin).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
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Oberlin has been called the "true precursor of [[social Christianity]] in France."{{sfn|Chalamet|2013|p=13}}<br />
Daniel Legrand's grandson was [[Tommy Fallot]], founder of "Christianisme social."{{sfn|Chalamet|2013|p=13}}<br />
Legrand and [[Robert Owen]] (1771–1853) of Wales, another industrialist, advocated creation of an international organization dedicated to reform of labor laws.{{sfn|Dankers|2003|p=3}}<br />
Oberlin's orphan asylums were the beginning of the many "Oberlinvereine" for the protection of children,{{sfn|Rines|1920}} such as in [[Leonberg]], [[Potsdam]] and [[Worms, Germany|Worms]].{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}<br />
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[[Oberlin, Ohio]], founded as a Christian settlement, and its centerpiece, [[Oberlin College]], a liberal arts college, were named for him upon their founding in 1833.{{sfn|Rines|1920}} [[J. F. Oberlin University]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], which was named for Oberlin College, also bears his name. [[Oberlin, Louisiana]], was also named after him.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}<br />
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His brother [[Jérémie Jacques Oberlin]] was a noted archaeologist and philologist.<ref>Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Oberlin, Jérémie Jacques". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
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*{{cite book|last=Chalamet|first=Christophe|title=Revivalism and Social Christianity: The Prophetic Faith of Henri Nick and Andre Trocme<br />
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVBNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13|access-date=18 May 2015<br />
|date=16 January 2013|publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers|isbn=978-1-61097-858-3}}<br />
*{{cite book|url=ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/006/y5136e/y5136e00.pdf|last=Dankers|first=Cora|title=ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL STANDARDS, CERTIFICATION AND LABELLING FOR CASH CROPS|chapter=2.2 Labour Standards and Social Accountability|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations|location=Rome|year=2003|access-date=18 May 2015}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
*{{cite book|last=De Felice|first=Professor|title=The Christian guest, revised by N. Macleod<br />
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ERsFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA508|access-date=18 May 2015<br />
|year=1859|chapter=Daniel Legrand, The Philanthropist of France}}<br />
* {{Cite Americana|wstitle= Oberlin, Jean Frédéric |volume= XX }}<br />
*{{EB1911|wstitle=Oberlin, Jean Frédéric|volume=19|page=946}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite book<br />
|title=Brief memorials of Jean Frédéric Oberlin, pastor of Waldbach, in Alsace and of Auguste Baron de Stael-Holstein; two distinguished ornaments of the French protestant church; with an introductory sketch of the history of Christianity in France, from the primitive ages to the present day<br />
|first=Thomas<br />
|last=Sims<br />
|location=London<br />
|publisher=James Nisbet<br />
|year=1830<br />
|url=https://archive.org/details/briefmemorialsof00simsrich/page/n8}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://www.musee-oberlin.com/index.php?lang=en Oberlin Museum at Waldersbach]<br />
* [https://scalar.oberlincollegelibrary.org/oberlins-namesake/index/ Oberlin's Namesake, a multimedia presentation on J.F. Oberlin]<br />
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