John Knittel

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John Knittel


Born
in Dharwar, India
March 24, 1891

Died
April 26, 1970

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John Knittel was the son of a Württemberg missionary, Hermann Wilhelm Knittel, who was in the service of the Baseler Mission, along with his wife Ana née Schultze, was from the South Tyrol. Knittel was born in India, where his parents were engaged in missionary work. In 1895, the Knittels traveled with their children from India and returned to Switzerland and settled in Basel. John Knittel enrolled at the Gymnasium am Münsterplatz and was a schoolmate of Carl Jacob Burckhardt. He left the school and search for a vocational school in which to study and eventually became an apprentice in a cotton textile factory owned by an uncle.

In 1908 he moved to London and worked as a bank teller for Crédit Lyonnais. He then as a projectionist in some the
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“Napredek in čudovito obdobje besnečega razvoja sta po njegovem ustvarila generacijo duševnih pohabljencev, ki bi bila potrebna nege v zdraviliščih. Prinesla sta s seboj množično živčnost, množično histerijo, množični dolgčas in množično smrt.”
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