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Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A celebrated educationist, born at Zurich; founder of a natural system of education, beginning with childhood, and who, however unsuccessful in the working of it himself from his want of administrative faculty, persuaded others by his writings to adopt it, especially in Germany, and to adopt it both enthusiastically and successfully; his method, which he derived from Rousseau, was based on the study of human nature as we find it born in the child, and it aimed at the harmonious development of all its innate capabilities, beginning with the most rudimentary (1745-1827).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/pestalozzi-johann-heinrich.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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