birth_date: 1804-10-03 00:00:00
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name: Allan Kardec
about: Pen name for the teacher, translator and author Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, he was the father of Spiritism.He was a member of several scholarly societies, including the Historic Institute of Paris (Institut Historique), Society of Natural Sciences of France (Société des Sciences Naturelles de France), Society for the Encouragement of National Industry (Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale), and The Royal Academy of Arras (Académie d'Arras, Société Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts). He organized and taught free courses for the underprivileged.For several decades he helped advance Pestalozzi's pedagogy in France, founding schools and working as a teacher, educational writer and translator. Pen name for the teacher, translator and author Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, he was the father of Spiritism.He was a member of several scholarly societies, including the Historic Institute of Paris (Institut Historique), Society of Natural Sciences of France (Société des Sciences Naturelles de France), Society for the Encouragement of National Industry (Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale), and The Royal Academy of Arras (Académie d'Arras, Société Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts). He organized and taught free courses for the underprivileged.For several decades he helped advance Pestalozzi's pedagogy in France, founding schools and working as a teacher, educational writer and translator. ...more
death_date: 1869-03-31 00:00:00