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John Amos Comenius

1592 - 1670

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John Amos Comenius (; Czech: Jan Amos Komenský; German: Johann Amos Comenius; Polish: Jan Amos Komeński; Latinized: Ioannes Amos Comenius; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education. He served as the last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren (direct predecessor of the Moravian Church) before becoming a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica Magna. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Amos Comenius is the 51st most popular philosopher (down from 48th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Philosopher.

John Amos Comenius is most famous for being the father of modern education. He was a Czech philosopher, theologian, and pedagogue. His work is considered to be the foundation of modern education.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John Amos Comenius ranks 51 out of 1,267. Before him are Plutarch, Anaximander, Protagoras, David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Anaxagoras. After him are Swami Vivekananda, Michel Foucault, Hannah Arendt, Mikhail Bakunin, Henri Bergson, and Plotinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1592, John Amos Comenius ranks 1. After him are Hong Taiji, Shah Jahan, Pierre Gassendi, Wilhelm Schickard, Gerard van Honthorst, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Jacques Callot, Peter Snayers, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Catalina de Erauso. Among people deceased in 1670, John Amos Comenius ranks 1. After him are Henrietta of England, Frederick III of Denmark, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Johann Rudolf Glauber, Louis Le Vau, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Salomon van Ruysdael, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Giovanna Garzoni, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, John Amos Comenius ranks 8 out of 1,200. Before him are Franz Kafka (1883), Gustav Mahler (1860), Ivana Trump (1949), Gregor Mendel (1822), Antonín Dvořák (1841), and Jan Hus (1369). After him are Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316), Bedřich Smetana (1824), Milan Kundera (1929), Oskar Schindler (1908), Alphonse Mucha (1860), and Václav Havel (1936).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Czechia

Among philosophers born in Czechia, John Amos Comenius ranks 1. After him are Edmund Husserl (1859), Hans Kelsen (1881), Bernard Bolzano (1781), Karl Kautsky (1854), Jerome of Prague (1379), Jan Patočka (1907), Vilém Flusser (1920), Karel Kosík (1926), František Tomášek (1899), Tomáš Halík (1948), and Theodor Gomperz (1832).

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