Background
Krikor Peshtimadjian was born in Constantinople and devoted his entire life to writing and teaching.
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Krikor Peshtimadjian was born in Constantinople and devoted his entire life to writing and teaching.
He was a key figure in the Armenian reawakening and reformist movement in the 19th century. He became the principal of the Bezciyan Armenian School, where he also taught language, rhetoric, philosophy, and religion. In 1828, soon after the establishment of the religious school attached to the Patriarchate of Kum Kapi, he was appointed head teacher and chief administrator there.
He taught at an Armenian seminary in Haskoy and worked as a private tutor to a bankers family.
As an educator, he worked on textbooks and curriculum organization and wrote regulations for discipline in the school and the fair treatment of all students.