This handbook presents a durable, comprehensive, and up-to-date resource covering the seminal thinkers in education of past and present. Each entry will capture the professional background of a legendary thinker and presents their key insights, new thinking, and major legacies to the field of education. Carefully brought together to present a balance of gender and geographical contexts as well as areas of thought and work in the broad field of education, this handbook provides a unique history and overview of figures who have shaped education and educational thinking throughout the world.