Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer
Died when: 81 years 36 days (973 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (German: ['jo?han 'ha?nr?ç p?sta'l?tsi?], Italian: [pesta'l?ttsi]; 12 January 1746 – 17 February 1827) was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach.
He founded several educational institutions both in German- and French-speaking regions of Switzerland and wrote many works explaining his revolutionary modern principles of education.
His motto was "Learning by head, hand and heart". Thanks to Pestalozzi, illiteracy in 18th-century Switzerland was overcome almost completely by 1830.
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