Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer
Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1746
Place of Birth: Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Date of Death: 17-Feb-1827
Profession: writer, politician, farmer, pedagogue, philosopher, philanthropist
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
- Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (Italian: [pesta'l?ttsi]; German: [p?sta'l?tsi] (listen); January 12, 1746 – February 17, 1827) was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach. He founded several educational institutions both in German- and French-speaking regions of Switzerland and wrote many works explaining his revolutionary modern principles of education.
- His motto was "Learning by head, hand and heart".
- Thanks to Pestalozzi, illiteracy in 18th-century Switzerland was overcome almost completely by 1830.
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