JOACHIM HEINRICH

See also:

• JOACHIM HEINRICH CAMPE (1746-1818)

CAMPE (1746-1818)  , German educationist, was born at Deensen in Brunswick in 1746 . He studied theology at the university of Halle, and after acting for some time as chaplain at Potsdam, he accepted a post as director of studies in the Philanthropin at Dessau (see BASEDOW) . He soon after set up an educational establishment of his own at Trittow, near Hamburg, which he was obliged to give up to one of his assistants within a few years, in consequence of feeble health . In 1787 he proceeded to Brunswick as counsellor of education, and purchased the Schulbuchhandlung, which under his direction became a most prosperous business . He died in 1818 . His numerous educational works were widely used throughout Germany . Among the most popular were the Kleine Kinderbibliothek (11th ed., 18r5); Robinson der Jiingere (59th ed., 186,), translated into English and into nearly every European language; and SamritticheKinder- and Jugendschriften, 37 vols .