Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
German gymnast and educator
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics movement as well as influencing the German ... Wikipedia
Born: August 11, 1778, Lanz, Germany
Died: October 15, 1852 (age 74 years), Freyburg, Germany
Education: University of Greifswald
Parents: Alexander Friedrich Jahn and Dorothea Sofia Schultze
Nationality: German
Organization founded: Turners
Books: Deutsches Volksthum and A Treatise on Gymnasticks
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