Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (Italian: [pes.ta.ˈlɔt.tsi]; German:[pɛstaˈlɔtsi]; January 12, 1746 – February 17, 1827) was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach.
He founded several educational institutions both in German- and French-speaking regions of Switzerland and wrote many works explaining his revolutionary modern principles of education. His motto was "Learning by head, hand and heart". Thanks to Pestalozzi, illiteracy in 18th-century Switzerland was overcome almost completely by 1830.