Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel or Froebel was a German pedagogue, a student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities. He created the concept of the kindergarten and coined the word, which soon entered the English language as well. He also developed the educational toys known as Froebel gifts.
Friedrich Fröbel
House in Oberweißbach where Fröbel was born
Allgemeine Deutsche Erziehungsanstalt in Keilhau, nowadays the Keilhau Free Fröbel School
The Fröbel Memorial at the Fröbel Kindergarten in Mühlhausen, Thuringia shows the pedagogical basic forms.
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach.
Portrait by Francisco Javier Ramos, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid (c. 1806)
Grob, Konrad (1879), "detail", Pestalozzi with the orphans in Stans (oil on canvas painting)
The Burgdorf Castle where Pestalozzi ran his institute from 1800 to 1804
Memorial at Pestalozziwiese (Bahnhofstrasse) in Zürich, Switzerland