Aloïsius Édouard Camille Gaultier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aloïsius Édouard Camille Gaultier

French theologian and educationist

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1746

Place of Birth: Asti, Piedmont, Italy

Date of Death: 19-Sep-1818

Profession: pedagogue, theologian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Abbé Aloïsius Édouard Camille Gaultier (Asti, 1745 or 1746 - Paris, 19 September 1818) was a French Roman Catholic priest and educational reformer.
In 1792 he left France during the worst of the Revolution, passing via Holland to England where he set up a school for the children of other refugees.He was a pioneer in getting children to learn through amusing them and was made a member of the commission for the reorganization of public instruction.
He wrote a large number of books, such as Géographie de l'abbé Gaultier, that became popular as instructional books in Nineteenth Century France.