many respects he was ahead of his times, e.g. in his high estimation of the teaching of the natural sciences and of physical training; also in his opposition to corporal punishment. Besides his pedagogical writings Vierthaler wrote a large number of schoolbooks and books for children; among these are an edition of the Gospels and Epistles and a geography of Salzburg. References Attribution The entry cites: Anthaller, Franz Michael Vierthaler, der Salzburger Pädagoge (Salzburg, 1880) Vierthaler, Pädagogische Hauptschriften, ed. von der Fuhr (Paderborn, 1904) von der Fuhr, Michael Vierthaler und seine Zeit (Berlin, 1909) Austrian educators 1758 births 1827 deaths Austrian librarians