John Amos Comenius was a Moravian philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education. He served as the last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren before becoming a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica Magna. As an educator and theologian, he led schools and advised governments across Protestant Europe through the middle of the seventeenth century and proposed the pedagogical concept of pansophism. March 28, 1592 – November 15, 1670; died at 78. Alive at the same time as William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Rembrandt, Elizabeth I of England, and René Descartes. Wiki link