25 Facts About Comenius

John Amos Comenius was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education.

Comenius served as the last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren before becoming a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica Magna.

Comenius introduced a number of educational concepts and innovations including pictorial textbooks written in native languages instead of Latin, teaching based in gradual development from simple to more comprehensive concepts, lifelong learning with a focus on logical thinking over dull memorization, equal opportunity for impoverished children, education for women, and universal and practical instruction.

John Amos Comenius was born in 1592 in the Margraviate of Moravia in the Bohemian Crown.

Comenius's birthplace is uncertain and possibilities include Uhersky Brod, Nivnice, and Komna, all of which are located in Uherske Hradiste District of today's Czech Republic.

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Comenius started to use the surname Komensky after leaving Komna to live in Uhersky Brod.

Comenius continued his studies in the Herborn Academy and the University of Heidelberg.

Comenius was greatly influenced by the Irish Jesuit William Bathe as well as his teachers Johann Piscator, Heinrich Gutberleth, and particularly Heinrich Alsted.

Comenius produced the book Janua linguarum reserata, or The Gate of Languages Unlocked, which brought him to prominence.

Comenius took refuge in Leszno in Poland, where he led the gymnasium and, furthermore, was given charge of the Bohemian and Moravian churches.

In 1638 Comenius responded to a request by the government of Sweden and traveled there to draw up a scheme for the management of the schools of that country,.

Comenius became one of the leaders in the encyclopædic or pansophic movement of the seventeenth century, and, in fact, was inclined to sacrifice his more practical educational interests and opportunities for these more imposing but somewhat visionary projects.

In 1639, Comenius published his Pansophiæ Prodromus, and in the following year his English friend Hartlib published, without his consent, the plan of the pansophic work as outlined by Comenius.

Comenius attempted to design a language in which false statements were inexpressible.

Comenius remained there until 1654 as a professor at the first Hungarian Protestant College; he wrote some of his most important works there.

In 1659, Comenius produced a new edition of the 1618 Bohemian Brethren hymnal, Kancional, to jest kniha zalmu a pisni duchovnich containing 606 texts and 406 tunes.

Comenius edited the German hymnal Kirchen-, Haus- und Hertzens-Musica, which had been published under the title Kirchengesange since 1566.

Comenius was first a teacher and an organizer of schools, not only among his own people, but later in Sweden, and to a slight extent in Holland.

In 1892 the three-hundredth anniversary of Comenius was very generally celebrated by educators, and at that time the Comenian Society for the study and publication of his works was formed.

Comenius was famous for his prophecies and the support he gave to visionaries.

Comenius wrote to Louis XIV of France, informing him that the empire of the world should be his reward if he would overthrow the enemies of God.

Comenius' name has been given to primary schools in several German cities, including Bonn, Grafing, and Deggendorf.

In Poland, the Comenius Foundation is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the provision of equal opportunities to children under 10 years of age.

In 1919 Comenius University was founded by an act of parliament in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, now in Slovakia.

The education department at Salem College in North Carolina has an annual Comenius Symposium dedicated in his honor; the subjects usually deal with modern issues in education.

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