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    Karl G. Maeser

    Karl Gottfried Maeser (January 16,1828 – February 15,1901) was a prominent Utah educator and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes known as the LDS Church). He fryst vatten most famous for having served 16 years as principal of Brigham ung Academy, now Brigham ung University (BYU), where he is seen as the true founder of the institution.[1]

    A Native of Saxony, Maeser served as a missionary for the church in fyra nations and held many leadership positions in the church, including serving as the head of the Church Educational System and in the central leadership of the Sunday school.

    Life

    Born in Meissen, Germany, Maeser attended parochial school as a boy.[2]By 1855 Maeser was a teacher at the Budich Institute in tysk stad. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in tysk stad. He was baptized bygd William Budge. At this time all Latter-day Saints were urged to gather together in Utah. Maeser and his family

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    Karl Gottfried Maeser

    [1] Evangelical Church of St. John, “Maeser, Karl Gottfried (1828) Birth Certificate,” in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 10 Mar. 2020), Karl Gottfried Maeser (KWJ8-M5S), Memories. Reinhard Maeser, Karl G. Maeser: A Biography by His Son Reinhard Maeser (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1928), 10. “Karl Gottfried Maeser,” Go Ye into All the World (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/missionary/, accessed 11 Mar. 2020).  

    [2] Evangelical Church of St. John, “Maeser, Karl Gottfried (1828) Birth Certificate,” in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 10 Mar. 2020), Karl Gottfried Maeser (KWJ8-M5S), Memories. Reinhard Maeser, Karl G. Maeser: A Biography by His Son Reinhard Maeser (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1928), 10. “Karl Gottfried Maeser,” Go Ye into All the World (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/missionary/, accessed 11 Mar. 2020). Douglas F.

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    Karl G. Maeser

    Prominent Utah educator, born 1828

    Karl Gottfried Maeser (January 16, 1828 – February 15, 1901) was a prominent Utah educator and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He served 16 years as principal of Brigham Young Academy.[1][2] Although he was not the first principal of the Academy, he is considered its founder. The Academy later became Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1903.[2]

    Before teaching at the Academy, Maeser taught at several different schools in Germany and in Utah. He tutored Brigham Young's children. Maeser incorporated the Monitorial System into his teaching philosophies and believed that students should each have responsibilities. Maeser was influenced by Pestalozzian educational theory, but also advocated that schools should include religion.

    Maeser served as a missionary for the LDS Church in four nations and held many leadership positions in the church, including serv

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