Jan Amos Komenský Comenius - · PDF filecomenius Lifelong Learning Programme IOHAN...

•Scientist

•Writer

•Teacher

•Last bishop of Unity of the Brethren

•Lived and worked in many different countries

Originated from Moravia

Only son of Martin Komenský and his wife Anna Chmelová

They were belonged to the Moravian Brethren

In 1604 he moved to his aunt

Studies: Latin school in Přerov, Herborn gymnasium, University of Heidelberg

Janua linguarum reserata (The Gate of Languages Unlocked, 1631)

Became rector of a school in Přerov

In 1614 he was ordained into the ministry of the Moravian Brethren.

1600s: Sweden, England, Hungarian Kingdom, Netherlands

The first Hungarian Protestant College:

Sárospatak

1639: Pansophiæ Prodromus

1631: Didactica Magna (Great Didactic). In this bookhe outlined a system of school.

Series of textbooks. (Janua Linguarum Reserata, Vestibulum, Atrium, Orbis Sensualium Pictus)

Didactica Magna

Vestibulum

Orbis SensualiumPictus

Anna FarkasEnkhbat Buka