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Iakob Gogebashvili
Georgian writer and journalist
Iakob Gogebashvili | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 27, 1840 |
| Died | June 1, 1912 |
| Resting place | Mtatsminda Pantheon, Tbilisi |
| Occupation | poet, novelist, humanist, publisher, journalist, educator |
| Nationality | Georgian |
Iakob Gogebashvili (Georgian: იაკობ გოგებაშვილი) (October 27, 1840 – June 1, 1912) was a Georgian educator, children’s writer and journalist, considered to be the founder of the scientific pedagogy in Georgia. Through his masterly compiled children's primer, Mother Language (დედა ენა), which in a modified form serves to this day as a text book in Georgian schools, every Georgian since 1880 has learnt to read and write in their native language.[1]
Biography
Iakob Gogebashvili was born in village Variani near Gori, Georgia (then part of Imperial Russia) to a poor family of a priest Simon Gogebashvili. He studied at Gori seminary and Tbilisi before entering a theological a