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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 793,918 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Fröbel is the 107th most popular philosopher (down from 90th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Germany (down from 114th in 2019) and the 15th 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 107 out of 1,081Before him are Theophrastus, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Henri de Saint-Simon, Jacques Derrida, Aristippus, and Joseph Priestley. After him are Philo, Pyrrho, Meister Eckhart, Charles Fourier, Gilles Deleuze, and John Venn.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 137 out of 6,142Before him are Novalis (1772), Bruce Willis (1955), Agrippina the Younger (15), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), Leni Riefenstahl (1902), and Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742). After him are Ambrose (340), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), Anne of Cleves (1515), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Alfred Jodl (1890), and Charles the Fat (839).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Friedrich Fröbel ranks 15Before him are Jürgen Habermas (1929), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Walter Benjamin (1892), and Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767). After him are Meister Eckhart (1260), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Oswald Spengler (1880), Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), and Baron d'Holbach (1723).