PHILOSOPHER

Friedrich Fröbel

1782 - 1852

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Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel or Froebel (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʔaʊɡʊst ˈfʁøːbl̩] ; 21 April 1782 – 21 June 1852) was a German pedagogue, a student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities. He created the concept of the kindergarten and coined the word, which soon entered the English language as well. He also developed the educational toys known as Froebel gifts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Fröbel is the 102nd most popular philosopher (up from 131st in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Germany (up from 177th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Philosopher.

Friedrich Fröbel was a German educator who is most famous for inventing the kindergarten.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 102 out of 1,267. Before him are Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Carl von Clausewitz, Jacques Derrida, Walter Benjamin, Jean Bodin, and Al-Tabari. After him are Roger Bacon, Boethius, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, George Gurdjieff, Apollodorus of Athens, and Jeremy Bentham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 3. Before him are Martin Van Buren, and Niccolò Paganini. After him are Daoguang Emperor, Daniel Auber, John Field, Caroline Bonaparte, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Ivan Paskevich, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, and Archduke John of Austria. Among people deceased in 1852, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 4. Before him are Ada Lovelace, Nikolai Gogol, and Louis Braille. After him are Henry Clay, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Auguste de Marmont, Johan Gadolin, Augustus Pugin, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, and Ján Kollár.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 150 out of 7,253. Before him are Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), Walter Benjamin (1892), Augustus II the Strong (1670), Eduard Buchner (1860), Leni Riefenstahl (1902), and Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795). After him are Alfred Wegener (1880), Friedrich Merz (1955), Friedrich Wöhler (1800), Theodor W. Adorno (1903), Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742), and Hans Adolf Krebs (1900).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 15. Before him are Karl Jaspers (1883), Ludwig Feuerbach (1804), Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Jürgen Habermas (1929), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), and Walter Benjamin (1892). After him are Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Meister Eckhart (1260), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Baron d'Holbach (1723), and Wilhelm Dilthey (1833).

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