Friedrich ludwig jahn biography for kids
Friedrich ludwig jahn biography for kids
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Quick facts for kids Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn | |
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| Born | (1778-08-11)11 August 1778 Lanz, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia |
| Died | 15 October 1852(1852-10-15) (aged 74) Freyburg, Province of Saxony, Prussia |
| Nationality | German |
| Other names | "Turnvater Jahn" |
| Occupation | Gymnastics educator and nationalist |
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn (11August 1778 – 15October 1852) was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics (Turner) movement as well as influencing the German Campaign of 1813, during which a coalition of German states effectively ended the occupation of Napoleon's First French Empire.
His admirers know him as "Turnvater Jahn", roughly meaning "Father of Gymnastics Jahn".
Life
Jahn was born in the village of Lanz in Brandenburg, Prussia. He studied theology and philology from 1796 to 1802 at the universities in Halle, Götti