Johannes Sturm

Educationist, born in Schleiden, W Germany. He studied at Louvain University, taught there, lectured in Paris (1530–6), and was appointed rector of a new Gymnasium (high school) in Strasbourg, where he reorganized the education of the town, His new curriculum was adopted by other Protestant countries, including Britain, and became a model for secondary schools. He took a prominent part in religion and politics, siding with Zwingli against Luther, and was sent on several missions abroad.

Johannes (or Jean) Sturm (1507 - 1589) was a German educator.

He was born in Schleiden and studied at the University of Louvain and the Collège de France in Paris. He was called to Strasbourg (then ruled by the unrelated Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck) in 1537, and in 1538 he set up the Gymnase Protestant there.

In addition to the Gymnasium, Foyer Jean-Sturm, a modern, student dormitory in Strasbourg, also bears his name.