3744588 Johan Amos Comenius, 1642 (engraving) by Bohemian School (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johann Amos Comenius (1592-1670) considered the father of modern education, was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian from the Margraviate of Moravia. He served as the last bishop of Unity of the Brethren and became a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica Magna. ).