John Amos Comenius

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John Amos Comenius was a 17th-century Czech philosopher, theologian, and pioneering educator often regarded as the father of modern education for his influential ideas on universal schooling and pedagogical reform.

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instanceOf Czech person
Moravian
Protestant reformer
bishop
educator
human
philosopher
theologian
birthDate 1592-03-28
birthPlace Margraviate of Moravia NERFINISHED
Nivnice NERFINISHED
citizenship Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED
countryOfExile Dutch Republic NERFINISHED
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED
Sweden NERFINISHED
deathDate 1670-11-15
deathPlace Amsterdam NERFINISHED
Dutch Republic NERFINISHED
describedBySource 17th-century Czech philosopher, theologian, and pioneering educator often regarded as the father of modern education for his influential ideas on universal schooling and pedagogical reform
educatedAt Herborn Academy NERFINISHED
University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Czech
fieldOfWork education
pedagogy
philosophy
theology
influenced Enlightenment educational thought
modern pedagogy
knownFor being called the father of modern education
languageOfWorkOrName Czech
German
Latin
movement pansophism
name Jan Amos Komenský NERFINISHED
Johann Amos Comenius NERFINISHED
John Amos Comenius NERFINISHED
notableIdea education for all, including girls and the poor
graded school system
learning through the senses
peace education
universal education
use of the mother tongue in education
notableWork Didactica Magna NERFINISHED
Janua Linguarum Reserata NERFINISHED
Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart NERFINISHED
Orbis Sensualium Pictus NERFINISHED
positionHeld bishop of the Unity of the Brethren
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Unity of the Brethren NERFINISHED

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Comenius University in Bratislava namedAfter John Amos Comenius