See also:

• COMENIUS (or KOMENSKY), JOHANN AMOS (1592-1671)

COMENIUS (or KOMENSKY), JOHANN See also:

• AMOS
• AMOS, SHELDON (1835–1886)

AMOS (1592-1671)  , a famous writer on See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and the last See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of the old See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of the Moravian and Bohemian Brethren, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Comna, or, according to another See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, at Niwnitz, in See also:

• MORAVIA (Ger., Ma/wen; Czech, Morava)

Moravia, of poor parents belonging to the See also:

• SECT

sect of the Moravian Brethren . Having studied at Herborn and See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg, and travelled in See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, he became See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of a school at See also:

• PRERAU (Czech, Prerov)

Prerau, and after that pastor and rector of a school at Fulnek . In 1621 the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish invasion and persecution of the Protestants robbed him of all he possessed,. and drove him into See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland . Soon after he was made bishop of the church of the Brethren . He supported himself by teaching Latin at See also:

• LISSA (Polish Lezno)
• LISSA (Serbo-Croation Vis; Lat. Issa)

Lissa, and it was here that he published his Pansophiae prodromus (163o), a See also:

• WORK

work on education, and his Janua linguarum reserata (1631), the latter of which gained for him a widespread reputation, being produced in twelve See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, and also in Arabic, See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian and See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish . He subsequently published several other See also:

• WORKS

works of a similar See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, as the Eruditionis scholasticae janua and the Janua linguarum trilinguis . His method of teaching languages, which he seems to have been the first to adopt, consisted in giving, in parallel columns, sentences conveying useful See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information, in the See also:

• VERNACULAR (Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave horn in his master's house)

vernacular and the languages intended to be taught (i.e. in See also:

• COMENIUS (or KOMENSKY), JOHANN AMOS (1592-1671)

Comenius's works, Latin and sometimes See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek) . In some of his books, as the Orbis sensualium pictus (1658), pictures are added; this work is, indeed, the first See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children's picture-See also:

• BOOK

book . In 1638 Comenius was requested by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden to draw up a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for the management of the See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country; and a few years after he was invited to join the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission that the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament then intended to appoint, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to reform the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of education . He visited England in 1641, but the disturbed See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of politics prevented the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of the commission, and Cornenius passed over to Sweden in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1642 . The See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, See also:

• OXENSTJERNA

Oxenstjerna, obtained for him a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension, and a commission to furnish a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan for regulating the Swedish schools according to his own method . Devoting himself to the elaboration of his scheme, Comenius settled first at See also:

• ELBING

Elbing, and then at Lissa; but, at the burning of the latter See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city by the Poles, he lost nearly all his See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts, and he finally removed to See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, where he died in 1671 .

As an educationist, Comenius holds a prominent See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in See also:

• HISTORY

history . He was disgusted at the pedantic teaching of his own See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, and he insisted that the teaching of words and things must go together . Languages should be taught, like the See also:

• MOTHER

mother, See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue, by conversation on See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary topics; pictures, See also:

• OBJECT

object lessons, should be used; teaching should go See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand in hand with a happy See also:

• LIFE

life . In his course he included singing, See also:

• ECONOMY

economy, politics, See also:

• WORLD

world-history, See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, and the arts and handicrafts . He was one of the first to See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate teaching See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science in schools . As a theologian, Comenius was greatly influenced by See also:

• BOEHME (or BEHMEN), JAKOB (1575-1624)

Boehme . In his Synopsis physicae ad lumen divinum ref ormatae he gives a See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical theory of his own, said to be taken from the book of See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

Genesis . He was also famous for his prophecies and the support he gave to visionaries . In his Lux in tenebris he published the visions of Kotterus, Dabricius and See also:

• CHRISTINA (1626–1689)
• CHRISTINA [MARIA CHRISTINA HENRIETTA DESIREE FELICITE RENIERE]

Christina Poniatovia . At-tempting to interpret the book of See also:

• REVELATION, BOOK OF

Revelation, he promised the See also:

• MILLENNIUM (a pseudo-Latin word formed on the analogy of biennium, triennium, from Lat. milk, a thousand, and armies, year)

millennium in 1672, and guaranteed miraculous assistance to those who would undertake the destruction of the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope and the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, even venturing to prophesy that See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell, Gustavus See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus, and See also:

• RAKOCZY

Rakoczy, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of Transylvania, would perform the task . He also wrote to See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV., informing him that the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire of the world should be his See also:

• REWARD

reward if he would overthrow the enemies of See also:

• GOD

God . Comenius also wrote against the Socinians, and published three See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical works—Ratio disciplinae ordinisque in unitate fratrum Bohemocum, which was republished with remarks by Buddaeus, Hisloria persecutionum ecclesiae Bohemicae (1648), and Martyrologium Bohemicum .

See See also:

• RAUMER, FRIEDRICH LUDWIG GEORG VON (1781–1873)

Raumer's Geschichte der Padogogik, and See also:

• CARPZOV (Latinized Carpzovius)

Carpzov's Religionsun'ersuchung der bdhmischen and mahrischen Briider .