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Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm August 1782-1852
German educationist and founder of the kindergarten system
Born in Oberweissbach, he studied at Jena, Göttingen and Berlin, and in 1805 began teaching at Frankfurt-am- Main. In 1816 he put into practice his educational system at a school which he founded at Griesheim. He expounded its aim (to help the child's mind to grow naturally and spontaneously) in Die Menschenerziehung (1826). Catholic opposition foiled his attempts to establish a school near Lucerne (1831). After starting an orphanage at Burgdorf in Bern, where he began to train teachers for educational work, he opened his first kindergarten school at Blankenburg (1836).
Bibliography: Irene M Lilley, Friedrich Froebel: A Selection from his Writings (1967)
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