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John Amos Comenius
John Amos Comenius, oil on canvas by JĆ¼rgen Ovens, 1650ā70; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
John Amos Comenius did not move to Amsterdam by choice; rather, he fled there as a refugee after his home in Leszno, Poland, was occupied and destroyed during wartime. This conflict resulted in the loss of many of his manuscripts, forcing him to seek safety in the Netherlands.1
He remained in Amsterdam for the rest of his life, where he focused on his scholarly pursuits. During this period, he published a collection of his writings on education titled Didactica Opera Omnia (1657) and dedicated his final years to completing his major work, Consultation.21