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{i} Jan Amos Komensky, John Amos Comenius (1592-1670), Moravian religious leader and teacher
Czech educational reformer (1592-1670)
John Amos Comenius
Czech Jan Amos Komensky born March 28, 1592, Nivnice, Moravia died Nov. 15, 1670, Amsterdam, Neth. Czech educational reformer and religious leader. He favoured the learning of Latin to facilitate the study of European culture but emphasized learning about things rather than about grammar per se. His Janua Linguarum Reserata (1631), a textbook that described useful facts about the world in both Latin and Czech, revolutionized Latin teaching and was translated into 16 languages. He also produced one of the first illustrated schoolbooks, Orbis Sensualium Pictus (1658)
John Amos Comenius
{i} Comenius, Jan Amos Komensky (1592-1670), Moravian religious leader and teacher