John Bear

male
John Bjorn Bear, Ph.D. (born in 1938) is an expert on and proponent of distance education. He holds a bachelor's and master's from University of...
David Guterson

David Guterson

male, 53 years old
David Guterson (born May 4, 1956) is an American author and magazine journalist, formerly a high school English teacher. He is best known as the...
John Caldwell Holt

John Caldwell Holt

male, deceased (1985)
John Caldwell Holt (April_14, 1923 - September_14, 1985) was an American author and educator, one of the best known proponents of homeschooling,...

George Counts

male, deceased (1974)
George Sylvester Counts (b. 1889, d. 1974) was an American educator and influential education theorist.
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

male, deceased (1827) (New Harmony, United States)
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer. He was born in Zürich. His father died when he was young, and he was b...
Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel

Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel

male, deceased (1852)
Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and...
Kurt Hahn

Kurt Hahn

male, deceased (1974)
Kurt Martin Hahn (5 June, 1886 - 14 December, 1974) was a German educator responsible for the creation of Outward Bound.
John Marsden

John Marsden

male, 59 years old
John Marsden (born September 27, 1950) is an Australian writer.
Amos Bronson Alcott

Amos Bronson Alcott

male, deceased (1888)
Amos Bronson Alcott (November 29, 1799 - March 4, 1888) was an American teacher and writer. He is remembered for founding a short-lived and...
Helen Parkhurst

Helen Parkhurst

female, deceased (1973)
Helen Parkhurst (January 3, 1887 - June 1, 1973) was an American educator, author, lecturer, the originator of the Dalton Plan and the founder of...