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Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths was born in 1759 in Quedlinburg, Germany, the son of an ordinary lower-middle-class family.

GutsMuths's father died when he was twelve years old and in order to contribute financially to the family he worked as a private teacher for the two sons of the Ritter family while he attended high school. He went to Halle in 1779 to study at what was called the first modern university in Germany.

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Following the new principle of academic liberty, GutsMuths studied theology as well as physics, mathematics, philosophy, and history. He was especially influenced by a number of lessons on pedagogical methodology based on the principles of German educational reformer Johann Bernhardasedow.

Upon finishing his studies, GutsMuths returned to his occupation as a private teacher with the Ritter family.

When the elder Doctor Ritter died GutsMuths assumed the responsibility for his children's upbringing and in that capacity followed t