John Amos Comenius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Amos Comenius

Czech teacher, educator, philosopher, theologian and writer

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1592

Place of Birth: Moravia, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 15-Nov-1670

Profession: scientist, writer, teacher, presbyter, pedagogue, theologian, philosopher, linguist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About John Amos Comenius

  • John Amos Comenius (Czech: Jan Amos Komenský; German: Johann Amos Comenius; Latinized: Ioannes Amos Comenius; 28 March 1592, Moravian Slovakia – 15 November 1670, Amsterdam) was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian from the Margraviate of Moravia who is considered the father of modern education.
  • He served as the last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren before becoming a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica Magna.
  • As an educator and theologian, he led schools and advised governments across Protestant Europe through the middle of the seventeenth century. Comenius introduced a number of educational concepts and innovations including pictorial textbooks written in native languages instead of Latin, teaching based in gradual development from simple to more comprehensive concepts, lifelong learning with a focus on logical thinking over dull memorization, equal opportunity for impoverished children, education for women, and universal and practical instruction.
  • Besides his native Bohemian Crown, he lived and worked in other regions of the Holy Roman Empire, and other countries: Sweden, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Transylvania, England, the Netherlands and Hungary.

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