EARLY CHILDHOOD IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Key dates 15921670 John Comenius 1658 Publication of Comeniuss illustrated text

for children 17401826 Johann Oberlin, founder of the first nursery school 17461827 Johann Pestalozzi 17711858 Robert Owen 1816 Owen establishes New Lanark infant school Froebel establishes Universal German Educational Institute in Griesheim 17821852 Friedrich Froebel 1837 Froebels Play and Activity Institute opened at Bad Blankenburg 1840 Froebel renames Play and Activity Institute at Bad Blankenburg Kindergarten 17921866 Samuel Wilderspin 1820 Samuel Wilderspin opens infant school at Spitalfields, as master 17981875 Firmin Marbeau, founder of day care movement in France 18051881 Mary Seacole 18091882 Charles Darwin 1877 Darwin publishes observations of his son Doddys childhood 18201910 Florence Nightingale

PROGRESSIVE IDEAS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Key dates 18501936 Edmond Holmes 18591952 John Dewey 18601931 Margaret McMillan 18611925 Rudolf Steiner 18701952 Maria Montessori 18751925 Homer Lane 18831973 Alexander Sutherland Neill 18851939 H. Caldwell Cook 18851948 Susan Isaacs