Who is Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi from Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education: A Biographical Introduction and what is their importance?

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was known for promoting education of heart and senses. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi lived from 1747-1827 during the early nineteenth century in Switzerland. Born in Zurich when it was run by a small oligarchy of aristocrats, Pestalozzi favored the surrounding rural countryside farmers who were exploited by the corrupt bailiff system appointed by the Zurich government. He believed in goals of the French revolution that affected Swiss politics but Pestalozzi found himself caught between his own romanticism and rationalism of the Enlightenment promoted by Rousseau. Pestalozzi attended Zurich primary and secondary schools and enrolled in the Collegium Carolinum at age17 to study languages and philosophy.