PHILOSOPHER

Maria Montessori

1870 - 1952

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Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori ( MON-tiss-OR-ee; Italian: [maˈriːa montesˈsɔːri]; 31 August 1870 – 6 May 1952) was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education (the Montessori method) and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at an all-boys technical school, with hopes of becoming an engineer. She soon had a change of heart and began medical school at the Sapienza University of Rome, becoming one of the first women to attend medical school in Italy; she graduated with honors in 1896. Her educational method is in use today in many public and private schools globally. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Montessori is the 35th most popular philosopher (up from 37th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Italy (down from 36th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Philosopher.

Maria Montessori is most famous for her philosophy of education. She believed that children should be allowed to develop at their own pace and have a natural curiosity about the world around them.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Maria Montessori ranks 35 out of 1,267. Before her are Averroes, Al-Ghazali, Thomas Hobbes, Friedrich Engels, Auguste Comte, and Martin Heidegger. After her are Parmenides, Søren Kierkegaard, Origen, Al-Farabi, Lucretius, and Rajneesh.

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Among people born in 1870, Maria Montessori ranks 2. Before her is Vladimir Lenin. After her are Alfred Adler, Christian X of Denmark, Sophia of Prussia, Franz Lehár, Jules Bordet, Jean Baptiste Perrin, Adolf Loos, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, and Ivan Bunin. Among people deceased in 1952, Maria Montessori ranks 2. Before her is George VI. After her are Knut Hamsun, Eva Perón, John Dewey, Alexandra Kollontai, Chaim Weizmann, Wilm Hosenfeld, Paul Éluard, Karen Horney, Benedetto Croce, and Sven Hedin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maria Montessori ranks 58 out of 5,161. Before her are Donatello (1386), Tiberius (-42), Horace (-65), Pope Gregory XVI (1765), Sulla (-138), and Titian (1488). After her are Pontius Pilate (-12), Pope Julius II (1443), Parmenides (-501), Pope Gregory XIII (1502), Niccolò Paganini (1782), and Pope Leo XI (1535).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Maria Montessori ranks 3. Before her are Niccolò Machiavelli (1469), and Thomas Aquinas (1225). After her are Parmenides (-501), Lucretius (-94), Empedocles (-490), Zeno of Elea (-490), Antonio Gramsci (1891), Pliny the Elder (23), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), Boethius (480), and Bonaventure (1221).

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