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Comenius
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Co·me·ni·us  (k-mn-s), John Amos 1592-1670.
Moravian theologian and educational reformer, noted for his pioneering textbooks and his humanist view that divine majesty is exalted and not threatened by science.
Comenius [kəˈmeɪnɪəs]
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(Biographies / Comenius, John Amos (1592-1670) M, Czech, EDUCATION: reformer) John Amos, Czech name Jan Amos Komensky. 1592-1670, Czech educational reformer
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Noun1.Comenius - Czech educational reformer (1592-1670)
Jan Amos Komensky, John Amos Comenius
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Choirs also existed in clubs devoted purely to entertainment, while several ensembles functioned in association with the Komensky, Barak and Sokol organisations, which had branches in a number of districts in Vienna.
Czech Vienna: the music culture of the Czech minority in Vienna ... by Velek, Viktor / Czech Music
Novak received his medical degree from the Komensky University Faculty of Medicine in Czechoslovakia, and he completed a neurology residency at Ohio State University.
MEDICAL MEMOS by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
It may also be no coincidence that Jan Amos Komensky (Comenius), the key advocate of early childhood education in the early modern era, was the much-persecuted former bishop of the Moravian Brethren, another sect whose historical importance far outstrips the size of its membership (Daniel Murphy, Comenius, 1995).
Concepts of childhood: what we know and where we might go by King, Margaret L. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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