Campe

Campe, JOACHIM HEINRICH, a German educationist, born near Holzminde in 1746, was tutor for a time to the brothers Humboldt, and minister in Potsdam. After serving with Basedow (q.v.) at the Philanthropin in Dessau, he founded an institution of his own, and in 1787 undertook the reorganisation of the school-system in Brunswick, where he also established a large publishing house. He died 22d October 1818. His theoretical works on education were of importance in their time, and his German Dictionary (5 vols. 1807–11), though weak in its historical department, is still of value. His books for the young (37 vols. 4th ed. 1832) have been remarkably popular, especially Robinson der Jüngere (109th ed. 1884; Eng. trans. 1855). See his Life by Leyser (2 vols. Bruns. 1877).