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Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm August
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Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm August (1782-1852)

German educationist. He evolved a new system of education using instructive play, described in Education of Man (1826) and other works. In 1836 he founded the first kindergarten (German ‘garden for children’) in Blankenburg, Germany. He was influenced by the Swiss Johann Pestalozzi.



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