Iakob Gogebashvili, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Iakob Gogebashvili

Georgian writer and journalist

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1840

Place of Birth: Variani, Shida Kartli, Georgia

Date of Death: 01-Jun-1912

Profession: writer, public figure, pedagogue, journalist, children's writer, opinion journalist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Iakob Gogebashvili (Georgian: ????? ???????????) (October 15, 1840 – June 1, 1912) was a Georgian educator, children’s writer and journalist, considered to be the founder of the scientific pedagogy in Georgia.
Through his masterly compiled children's primer, Mother Language (???? ???), which in a modified form serves to this day as a text book in Georgian schools, every Georgian since 1880 has learnt to read and write in their native language.