Joachim Heinrich Camps

Joachim Heinrich Camps (* June 29th 1746 with Deensen, Holzminden; † October 22nd 1818 with Braunschweig) the German Berquin.

It was some time chaplain of a regiment, but, not being able to support the spectacle of the horrors of the war, it left this career and was dedicated to education. It directed to Dessau celebrates it philanthropinum , then exerted with Hamburg; became then canon and adviser of the schools with Brunswick, and withdrew in 1805 to deal only with literary work. It founded in Brunswick a bookstore of education which had much success, and thus obtained a great ease.

He wrote for childhood and youth a crowd of small works.

The principal ones are:

Robinson Crusoè in dialogs , which had more than 40 editions;
the Discovery of America ;
the Small-Library of the children ;
Théophron or the Guide of young people; one joined together them in only one collection forming 37 small vol., 1829 - 1832.

The majority were translated into French.

One also must with Campe of useful work on the German language.

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