John Amos Comenius

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John Amos Comenius

• Jan Amos Komenský
• biography

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• John Amos Comenius was a Czech philosopher,politic
  ian, scientist, teacher,educator, and writer.
• He was a Unity of the Brethren/Moravian
  Protestant bishop, a religious refugee and one of
  the earliest champions of universal education.
• Comenius became known as the teacher of nations.
• He is often considered the father of modern
  education.
• Bishop-gtbiskup
• Refugee-gtemigrant
• Unity of the Brethren/Moravian-gtJednota Bratrská

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• The birthplace of Comenius is not known(1592 in
  Komna,Nivnice or Uherský Brod). His ancestors
  came from Hungary and his original family name
  was Szeges.
• He attended the Latinschool in Prerov and
  continued his studies in Herborn and Heidelberg.
• Comenius became a pastor at age 24 and left the
  Brethren into exile.
• He lived and worked in many different countries
  in Europe, including Sweden, Polish,
  Transylvania, the Holy Roman Empire, England, the
  Netherlands, and Royal Hungary.
• He died in 1670 in Amsterdam.

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• In 1628 Comenius left Czech lands for Lešno
  (Poland), where he wrote his educational works
  (Velká Didaktika).
• In Lešno he was accused of corrupting children
  and covering up christian wisdom with pagan
  science.
• In 1941-42 he lived in England, where he had been
  invited by English revolituon parliament.
• During the years 1644-1645, J. A. K. took part in
  peace talks.(There was still 30-years war.)
• He left to Amsterdam where he lived for the next
  14 years and where he published Opera
  didactica omnia.
• He was trying to prepare for the great task of
  rebuilding the land and the society of Czech
  lands,which were devastated by war, and he knew
  that education would play a vital part in it.
• kažení detí a zatemnování krestanské
  moudrosti pohanským vedením.

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• He was interested in pansofia, which is scence
  about all phenomena in the world.His ideas were
  very close to the teachings the English
  philosopher, Francis Bacon.
• Thanks to his pansofic works, he was invited to
  London in the year 1641 by his followers(Comenians
  ).
• A lot of prestigious people were interested in
  his work and services.For example french cardinal
  Richelieu, princely ancestry of Rákoczs and even
  Americans.Comenius chose Sweden.
• Comenius supposed that the Swedish could help the
  Czech nation to get independent again.During the
  conference with Queen Kristina in Stockholm he
  was assured, that Swedish would not forget about
  the defeated Czech nation, but during the Vestfal
  Peace Talks, the influence of the Habsburgss on
  to the Czech nation was admitted.

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• During the 19th century Czech National Revival,
  Comenius became idealised as a symbol of the
  Czech nation.

28 March, the birthday of Comenius, is celebrated
as Teachers' Day in Slovakia and in the Czech
Republic. A lot of schools was named after
him.For example the Comenius University was
founded in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, a primary
school in Skopje -pansofia -Ludvík 14. A jeh
pozvání Komenského do Francie-duvod
odmítnutí -chronologické usporádání-gtcesty do
ruzných zemíjeho cinnost -rodinný život