CAMPE, JOACHIM HEINRICH German educationalist, born at Deensen, Brunswick, became director of studies in the Philanthropin at Dessau (see BASEDOW). He started an educational establishment of his own near Hamburg, but in 1783 gave it up on account of ill-health. In 1787 he pro ceeded to Brunswick as counsellor of education, and purchased the Schulbuchhandlung. Among the most popular of his numerous educational works were the Kleine Kinderbibliothek (I 1 th ed., 1815) ; Robinson der Jungere (59th ed., 1861), translated into nearly every European language; and Sammtliche Kinder- and Jugendschri f ten, 37 vols.