Jan Amos Comenius

Jan Amos Komenský (Known as "Komenský (Učitel národů)")

Father of Modern Education, Bishop of Unity of the Brethren, Philosopher

Born 1592-03-28

Uherský Brod, Kingdom of Bohemia

Passed Away 1670-11-15 Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dutch Republic

Lifespan 78 years old

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"Let everything be taught to everyone through gentle inquiry, without cruelty or coercion."

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Universal humanist, philosopher, and last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren universally celebrated as the 'Teacher of Nations' (Učitel národů) and father of modern pedagogy, author of 'Didactica Magna'.

Biographical Record

Jan Amos Komenský was born on March 28, 1592, in Moravia. Driven into lifelong European exile following the Habsburg defeat of Protestant Bohemia at the Battle of White Mountain (1620), Comenius wandered through Poland, Sweden, England, and the Netherlands.

His revolutionary educational treatise Didactica Magna (The Great Didactic) and the illustrated textbook Orbis Sensualium Pictus pioneered modern pictorial education, universal schooling for boys and girls of all classes, and learning through sensory experience and play rather than rote memorization.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Comenius Museum and Mausoleum
Naarden, Netherlands

                         GPS: 52.2960, 5.1610                    

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