PHILOSOPHER

Friedrich Fröbel

1782 - 1852

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Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel or Froebel (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʔaʊɡʊst ˈfʁøːbl̩] ; 21 April 1782 – 21 June 1852) was a German pedagogue, a student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities. He created the concept of the kindergarten and coined the word, which soon entered the English language as well. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Fröbel has received more than 858,323 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Fröbel is the 131st most popular philosopher (down from 107th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Germany (down from 137th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Philosopher.

Friedrich Fröbel was a German educator who is most famous for inventing the kindergarten.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 131 out of 1,267. Before him are Bonaventure, Philo, Joseph Priestley, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Ernst Cassirer, and Marsilio Ficino. After him are Swami Vivekananda, Isocrates, Zygmunt Bauman, Baron d'Holbach, Oswald Spengler, and Duns Scotus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 3. Before him are Martin Van Buren, and Niccolò Paganini. After him are Daoguang Emperor, Caroline Bonaparte, Daniel Auber, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Ivan Paskevich, John Field, Archduke John of Austria, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, and Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca. Among people deceased in 1852, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 5. Before him are Nikolai Gogol, Louis Braille, Ada Lovelace, and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. After him are Henry Clay, Auguste de Marmont, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Johan Gadolin, Karl Bryullov, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, and Vasily Zhukovsky.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 177 out of 7,253. Before him are Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990), Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), and Alexander Van der Bellen (1944). After him are Olaf Scholz (1958), Walter Model (1891), Rudolf Höss (1901), Erich Raeder (1876), Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 19. Before him are Walter Benjamin (1892), Meister Eckhart (1260), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), and Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900). After him are Baron d'Holbach (1723), Oswald Spengler (1880), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Edith Stein (1891), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), and Max Stirner (1806).

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