Basedow, Johann Bernard, a zealous educational reformer, born at Hamburg; his method modelled according to the principles of Rousseau; established a normal school on this method at Dessau, which, however, failed from his irritability of temper, which led to a rupture with his colleagues (1723-1790).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Basaiti * Basel