Johann Bernhard Basedow, German author and educator (died 1790)

Johann Bernhard Basedow

German educational reformer and philosopher (1724–1790)

Johann Bernhard Basedow was a German educational reformer, teacher and writer. He founded the Philanthropinum, a short-lived but influential progressive school in Dessau, and was the author of "Elementarwerk", a popular illustrated textbook for children.