Anna Heikel

Anna Heikel
Anna Heikel, 20 August 1877
Anna Heikel, 20 August 1877
Credit: Daniel Nyblin
Born(1838-02-02)2 February 1838
Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died3 April 1907(1907-04-03) (aged 69)
OccupationEducator
Known forEducation of the deaf, contributions to the Baptist church in Finland, founding an early Sunday school, temperance work
MovementBaptist, temperance movement
Parents

Anna Charlotta Heikel (2 February 1838 – 3 April 1907) was a Finland-Swedish teacher and director of the School for the Deaf in Jakobstad, Finland, from 1878 to 1898. She was a temperance activist as well as a pioneer of the Baptist movement in Finland and early Sunday school founder.[1]

  1. ^ Otavan Iso tietosanakirja, osa 3, p. 511, s.v. Heikel, Henrik. Otava 1968. (in Finnish)