Who founded Italy’s first infant school in Cremona in 1829?

Italy’s first infant school was established in Cremona in 1829 by the Roman Catholic priest Ferrante Aporti.

Aporti was inspired to create the school after reading a translated work by the British educator Samuel Wilderspin. He developed an educational plan for the institution that sought a harmonious balance between moral, intellectual, and physical education, emphasizing pupil involvement through manual work and the cultivation of discipline, cooperation, and piety.1