Anna Heikel | |
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![]() Anna Heikel, 20 August 1877 Credit: Daniel Nyblin | |
Born | Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | 2 February 1838
Died | 3 April 1907 Jakobstad, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | (aged 69)
Occupation | Educator |
Known for | Education of the deaf, contributions to the Baptist church in Finland, founding an early Sunday school, temperance work |
Movement | Baptist, temperance movement |
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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]