Jan Amos Komensky - Übersetzung nach Englisch
 (1592-1670). Tsjechisch humanist en pedagoog. Als voorganger van de Moravische of Boheemse Broedergemeente verdreven en sedert 1656 gevestigd te Amsterdam Rijksmuseum SK-A-2161.jpeg?width=200)
![[[Czech koruna]] banknote depicting Comenius](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/200CZK obverse.jpg?width=200 "[[Czech koruna]] banknote depicting Comenius")
![Latin class from ''[[Orbis Pictus]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Comenius-Schule.jpg?width=200 "Latin class from ''[[Orbis Pictus]]''")
![English edition of ''[[Janua linguarum reserata]]'', 1631](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Janua Linguarum.jpg?width=200 "English edition of ''[[Janua linguarum reserata]]'', 1631")
![''[[Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart]]'' by Comenius.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Labyrint světa.jpg?width=200 "''[[Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart]]'' by Comenius.")
![[[Alphonse Mucha]]'s ''[[The Slav Epic]]'' cycle No.16: The Last days of Jan Amos Komenský in [[Naarden]]: A Flicker of Hope (1918)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mucha Komenius.jpg?width=200 "[[Alphonse Mucha]]'s ''[[The Slav Epic]]'' cycle No.16: The Last days of Jan Amos Komenský in [[Naarden]]: A Flicker of Hope (1918)")
![''[[Orbis Pictus]]'' textbook for children, 1658](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Orbispictus.JPG?width=200 "''[[Orbis Pictus]]'' textbook for children, 1658")
![''Portrait of an Old Man'' by [[Rembrandt]], possibly a depiction of Comenius](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait of an Old Man, Rembrandt.jpg?width=200 "''Portrait of an Old Man'' by [[Rembrandt]], possibly a depiction of Comenius")
![''[[Jean Carondelet]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diptyque de Jean Carondelet.jpg?width=200 "''[[Jean Carondelet]]''")
 (Netherlandish - The Holy Family - Google Art Project.jpg?width=200 "The Holy Family, about 1507–1508")
![The Adoration of the Kings]]'', formerly at [[Castle Howard]], now at the [[National Gallery]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan Gossaert 001.jpg?width=200 "The Adoration of the Kings]]'', formerly at [[Castle Howard]], now at the [[National Gallery]]")
![Jan Gossaert-self portrait (1515–1520). Collection of the [[Currier Museum of Art]], Manchester, New Hampshire](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait of a man, perhaps self-portrait, by Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse, c. 1515-1520, oil on panel - Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH - DSC07296.jpg?width=200 "Jan Gossaert-self portrait (1515–1520). Collection of the [[Currier Museum of Art]], Manchester, New Hampshire")
![Three children of [[Christian II]] of Denmark 1526](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Three children of King Christian II of Denmark by Jan Gossaert (1526).jpg?width=200 "Three children of [[Christian II]] of Denmark 1526")
, graaf van Buren en Leerdam Rijksmuseum SK-A-217.jpeg?width=200 "''Floris van Egmond'', 1519")
![''Adam and Eve'' c. 1520, [[Royal Collection]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan Gossaert - Adam and Eve - WGA09775.jpg?width=200 "''Adam and Eve'' c. 1520, [[Royal Collection]]")
![''[[Madonna and Child Playing with the Veil]]'' 1520–1530, [[Mauritshuis]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan Gossaert - madonna met kind - Mauritshuis.jpg?width=200 "''[[Madonna and Child Playing with the Veil]]'' 1520–1530, [[Mauritshuis]]")
.JPG?width=200 "''Danae'', (1527)")
 (Netherlandish - Portrait of Francisco de los Cobos y Molina - Google Art Project.jpg?width=200 "''Portrait of Francisco de los Cobos y Molina'', 1530")
![Dorothea of Denmark]]) 1530](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan Gossaert 010.jpg?width=200 "Dorothea of Denmark]]) 1530")
 - Portrait of a Man - Google Art Project.jpg?width=200 "''Portrait of a Man'', (1493-1532)")
![''Christ between the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist'', [[Prado Museum]], Madrid.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan Gossaert - Christ between the Virgin and St John the Baptist - WGA9766.jpg?width=200 "''Christ between the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist'', [[Prado Museum]], Madrid.")
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 (1592-1670). Tsjechisch humanist en pedagoog. Als voorganger van de Moravische of Boheemse Broedergemeente verdreven en sedert 1656 gevestigd te Amsterdam Rijksmuseum SK-A-2161.jpeg?width=120)
John Amos Comenius (; Czech: Jan Amos Komenský; Polish: Jan Amos Komeński; German: Johann Amos Comenius; Latinized: Ioannes Amos Comenius; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a Moravian philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education. He 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. As an educator and theologian, he led schools and advised governments across Protestant Europe through the middle of the seventeenth century.
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. Besides his native Moravia, he lived and worked in other regions of the Holy Roman Empire, and other countries: Sweden, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Transylvania, England, the Netherlands and Hungary.
