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Jean Piaget
b. 8-9-1896; Neuchâtel, Switzerland
d. 9-16-1980; Geneva

Jean Piaget was a psychologist and philosopher best known for his pedagogical studies and theory of cognitive development.

Jean Piaget quote ~
• “The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done - men who are creative, inventive and discoverers.”

Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier
b. 3-30-1754; Metz, France
d. 6-15-1785; Wimille

Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier, a chemistry and physics teacher, became, along with his flight companion Pierre Romain, the first known victims of an air crash, in their attempt to cross the English Channel.

“In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one's face.”
— Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything

James Pillans
b. 1778; Scotland
d. 1864

James Pillans, an early advocate of compulsory education, invented the blackboard in 1801; he used it with colored chalk to teach geography.

Plato
b. c. 427 BC; Greece
d. c. 347 BC

Plato, a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, founded the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

Plato quotes ~
• “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.”
• “No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.”
• “The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.”
• “For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.”
• “Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.”