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'''Johann Amos Comenius''' (1592-1671) was a famous Czech educator and bishop of the Moravian and Bohemian Brethren church.

'''Johann Amos Comenius''' (1592-1671) was a famous Czech educator and bishop of the Moravian and Bohemian Brethren church.

Born in [[Moravia]] to a poor family, Comenius studied at Herborn and Heidelberg and became a rector and pastor in Moravia.  He later moved to Lissa in Poland and became a bishop of his church.

Born in [[Moravia]] to a poor family, Comenius studied at Herborn and Heidelberg and became a rector and pastor in Moravia.  He later moved to Lissa in Poland and became a bishop of his church.<ref name=eb>"Comenius, Johann Amos" (1911).  ''Encyclopedia Britannica'' (11th ed.).</ref>

 

In the field of education, Comenius became famous for his work in organizing schools, formulating a general theory of education and writing textbooks.

In the field of education, Comenius became famous for his work in organizing schools, formulating a general theory of education and writing textbooks.

Comenius conceived and published a practical way of teaching languages, one edition of which in 1658 was the first children's picture book.  He also published three history books about the [[Bohemia]]ns.

Comenius conceived and published a practical way of teaching languages, one edition of which in 1658 was the first children's picture book.  He also published three history books about the [[Bohemia]]ns.<ref name=eb/>

With the ''Great Didactic'', completed in 1631, Comenius presented his theory of education, which promoted a democratic form of education centered in the liberal arts, but including the instilling of piety and morals.  He purported to use the scientific method in his conception of education.  The ''Encyclopedia Americana'' believed he succeeded in co-ordinating a sound theory of educational ideals in spite of a lack of scientific rigor, but the ''New International Encyclopedia'' believed he faithfully followed in the footsteps of [[Francis Bacon]]'s application of a new scientific method to the subject of educational theory.  Comenius was also one of the first to advocate the teaching of science in school.

With the ''Great Didactic'', completed in 1631, Comenius presented his theory of education, which promoted a democratic form of education centered in the liberal arts, but including the instilling of piety and morals.  He purported to use the scientific method in his conception of education.  The ''Encyclopedia Americana'' believed he succeeded in co-ordinating a sound theory of educational ideals in spite of a lack of scientific rigor, but the ''New International Encyclopedia'' believed he faithfully followed in the footsteps of [[Francis Bacon]]'s application of a new scientific method to the subject of educational theory.  Comenius was also one of the first to advocate the teaching of science in school.

He was then invited to reform Sweden's schools, but when the Poles invaded the city where he lived, he lost nearly all his manuscripts during a fire.  After Comenius moved back to Lissa beginning in 1654, he again lost many manuscripts during a war in Poland.

He was then invited to reform Sweden's schools, but when the Poles invaded the city where he lived, he lost nearly all his manuscripts during a fire.  After Comenius moved back to Lissa beginning in 1654, he again lost many manuscripts during a war in Poland.

Comenius was also a theologian; his writings record his strange mystical beliefs about the Millenium and the meaning of the European political situation of the time.

Comenius was also a theologian; his writings record his strange mystical beliefs about the Millenium and the meaning of the European political situation of the time.<ref name=eb/>

==''The Great Didactic'' (1633)==

==''The Great Didactic'' (1633)==

==References==

==References==

"Comenius, Johann Amos" (1920).  ''Encyclopedia Americana''.<br>

"Comenius, Johann Amos" (1920).  ''Encyclopedia Americana''.<br>

"Comenius, Johann Amos" (1905).  ''New International Encyclopedia''.<br>

"Comenius, Johann Amos" (1905).  ''New International Encyclopedia''.<br>