Vittorino da Feltre

Vittorino da Feltre (1378–1446), born Vittorino Rambaldoni in Feltre, was an Italian humanist and celebrated Renaissance teacher. After studying and teaching at Padua, he was summoned by Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, marquis of Mantua, to educate his children, and founded the boarding school La Casa Gioiosa.

There noble children and poor pupils taught free of charge studied Greek, Latin, mathematics and music alongside physical exercise. He lived with his students, adapted teaching to their abilities and added field trips to the curriculum; his methods made the school a model copied across Europe. He died in Mantua in 1446.