Horace Mann
Born May 4, 1796 Franklin, Massachusetts Died August 2, 1859 Yellow Springs, Ohio
Educator, abolitionist, legislator, and social reformer
Horace Mann was born at a time when the public s...
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The American educational reformer and humanitarian Horace Mann (1796-1859) was enormously influential in promoting and refining public education in Massachusetts and throughout the nation in the 19th ...
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Horace Mann (4 May 1796-2 August 1859), prolific writer and persuasive spokesman for educational reform, is known today as the father of the American public school system. He grew up in a hard-working...
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Though not the first to propose a common education for all, Horace Mann transformed the idea into action. As the first secretary of the Board of Higher Education in Massachusetts, president of the sta...
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Horace Mann
Horace Mann
Horace Mann