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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Born

in Zürich, Switzerland

January 12, 1746

Died

February 17, 1827

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Pestalozzi was born on 12 January 1746, in Zürich, Switzerland. His father was a surgeon and oculist who died at age 33 when Pestalozzi, the second of three children, was five years old; he belonged to a family who had fled the area around Locarno due to its Protestant faith. His mother, whose maiden name was Hotze, was a native of Wädenswil on the lake of Zürich. The family also had a maid, Barbara Schmid, nicknamed Babeli. After the death of Pestalozzi's father it was only through the help of Babeli that Pestalozzi's mother could financially support the family.

In 1761, Pestalozzi attended the Gymnasium (Collegium Humanitatis) and received instruction from educators Johann Jakob Bodmer, who taught history and politics, and Johann Jakob Bre ...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 69 ratings · 12 reviews · 343 distinct works

	How Gertrude Teaches Her Children: An Attempt To Help Mothers To Teach Their Own Children And An Account Of The Method (1894) by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Lucy E. Holland (Translator), Frances C. Turner (Translator) 3.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1894 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Education of Man: Aphorisms 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1951 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leonard and Gertrude by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Eva Channing (Translator) 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1977 — 114 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters on Early Education by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Jeffrey Stern (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canto del Cisne (Sepan Cuantos, #369) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1826 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Schonsten Kinderlieder by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Gisela Gottschlich (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fabeln 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frohliches Osterfest really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ansichten Und Erfahrungen, Die Idee Der Elementarbildung Betreffend, 1805 - 1807: Aus: [Samtliche Werke Und Briefe]: [Kritische Ausgabe], 1, 19 by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Walter Feilchenfeld Fales (Editor), Artur Buchenau (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1956	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Briefe Von Herbst 1813 Bis Ende 1815: Aus: [Samtliche Werke Und Briefe]: [Kritische Ausgabe], 2, 9 by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Emanuel Dejung (Editor), Artur Buchenau (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1968	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You can drive the devil out of your garden but you will find him again in the garden of your son.”
― Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

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“In its purity this life [in the home circle] is the highest, the most exalted that can be thought or dreamed of for the education of our race. It is unconditionally true: where love and the ability to love are found in the home circle there one can confidently predict that the education it affords almost never fails.”
― Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Ansichten Und Erfahrungen, Die Idee Der Elementarbildung Betreffend, 1805 - 1807: Aus: [Samtliche Werke Und Briefe]: [Kritische Ausgabe], 1, 19

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“The circle of knowledge commences close round a man and thence stretches out concentrically.”
― Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

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