Comenius University
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Comenius University Bratislava is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is name
Comenius University building in central Bratislava
Building of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, located in western part of Bratislava
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin
John Amos Comenius
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John Amos Comenius was a Czech 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 relig
Comenius University
…in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century Czech teacher and philosopher. In 2020, Comenius University had about 23,000 students and 2,500 faculty members. As are most universities…
Portrait, c. 1650–1670
Oldest surviving manuscript by Comenius dated 1611; written in Latin and Czech
Alphonse Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.16: The Last days of Jan Amos Komenský in Naarden: A Flicker of Hope (1918)
Portrait of an Old Man by Rembrandt, possibly a depiction of Comenius