Pestalozzi

Pestalozzi is the surname of an Italian family originally based in Gravedona and Chiavenna who settled in Switzerland during the Counter-Reformation. Members of this family include: Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer Max Pestalozzi (1857–1925), Swiss chess master Hans A. Pestalozzi (1929–2004), Swiss social critic