Marc Antoine Jullien de Paris – the spiritual father of comparative education

Marc Antoine Jullien de Paris is considered to be the spiritual father of comparative education; his book Nárys a předběžné pohledy na práci o srovnávací pedagogice (The Outline and the Preliminary Views on the Work of Comparative Education) being a theoretic basis of the field.
The author of the article analyses his work on the background of his life peripetia; she introduces him to the public as the spiritual father of comparative education, the pioneer of the world dimension of education and the predecessor of the International Board for Education BIE and UNESCO.