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McGuffey, William Holmes

(Encyclopedia) McGuffey, William HolmesMcGuffey, William Holmesməgŭfˈē [key], 1800–1873, American educator, b. near Claysville, Pa. He was graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1826,…

standard time

(Encyclopedia) standard time, civil time used within a given time zone. The earth is divided into 24 time zones, each of which is about 15° of longitude wide and corresponds to one hour of time.…

Stern, Fritz Richard

(Encyclopedia) Stern, Fritz Richard, 1926–2016, American historian and educator, b. Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), grad. Columbia (B.A., 1946; M.A., 1948; Ph.D., 1953). Although his family…

Townes, Charles Hard

(Encyclopedia) Townes, Charles Hard, 1915–2015, American physicist and educator, b. Greenville, S.C. He was educated at Furman Univ., Duke, and the California Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1939),…

Chen Duxiu

(Encyclopedia) Chen Duxiu or Ch'en Tu-hsiuChen Duxiuboth: chŭn d&oomacr;-shy&oomacr; [key], 1879–1942, Chinese educator and Communist party leader. He was active in the republican revolution…

Rhode, Deborah Lynn

(Encyclopedia) Rhode, Deborah Lynn, 1952-2021, American legal ethicist and educator, b. Evanston, IL, Yale (BA, 1974), Yale Law (JD, 1977). Raised in…

Cousin, Victor

(Encyclopedia) Cousin, VictorCousin, Victorvēktôrˈ [key], 1792–1867, French educational leader and philosopher, founder of the eclectic school. He lectured at the Sorbonne from 1814 until 1821, when…

Vasconcelos, José

(Encyclopedia) Vasconcelos, JoséVasconcelos, Joséhōsāˈ väskōnsāˈlōs [key], 1882–1959, Mexican educator and writer. He headed (1920–24) the National Univ. of Mexico and, as minister of education under…

Mason, Lowell

(Encyclopedia) Mason, Lowell, 1792–1872, American composer and music educator, b. Medfield, Mass. While working as a bank clerk in Savannah, Ga., he helped compile an anthology that was published as…

Mann, Horace

(Encyclopedia) Mann, HoraceMann, Horacemăn [key], 1796–1859, American educator, b. Franklin, Mass. He received a sparse preliminary schooling, but succeeded in entering Brown in the sophomore class…