Franz Nachtegall
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Franz Nachtegall
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Vivat Victorius Fridericus Franciscus "Franz" Nachtegall was an early proponent and directly responsible for introducing physical education in schools of Denmark. He was born in Copenhagen on October 3, 1777. He took lessons of fencing and vaulting in childhood. Nachtegall was apparently stimulated to begin teaching gymnastics after reading the GutsMuths manual of gymnastics. In 1799 he was invited to teach gymnastics at the Vesterbro school. In 1804 he was appointed as the first director of a t
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Danish gymnastics teacher (1777–1847)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Nachtegall
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2015-05-11T01:44:51Z
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2024-09-13T10:58:58Z
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