Gaspari, Giovanni Battista de#
b. Levico (Italy), Aug. 2, 1702, d. Vienna, Oct. 28, 1768 historian, school reformer. In 1758 history professor at the University of Vienna, appointed supervisor of the Austrian school form equivalent to grammar schools ("Gymnasien"); his reorganisation of the curriculum and teaching methods ("Instructio", 1764) represented the first compulsory state regulations regarding secondary education