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Elmer Ellsworth Brown

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Elmer Brown
United States Commissioner of Education
In office
July 1, 1906 – June 30, 1911
PresidentTheodore Roosevelt
William Taft
Preceded byWilliam Harris
Succeeded byPhilander Claxton
Personal details
Born(1861-08-28)August 28, 1861
Kiantone, New York, U.S.
DiedNovember 3, 1934(1934-11-03) (aged 73)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Spouse
Fanny Fosten Eddy
(m. 1889)
EducationNew York University
Illinois State University
University of Michigan (BA)
University of Halle-Wittenberg (MA, PhD)
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Elmer Ellsworth Brown (1861–1934) was an American educator.

Biography

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Born at Kiantone in Chautauqua County, New York, Elmer Ellsworth Brown studied at New York University (NYU), graduated from Illinois State Normal University in 1881 and at the University of Michigan (A.B., 1889); then he studied in Germany and received a Ph.D. from the University of Halle in 1890.[1]

He married Fanny Fosten Eddy on June 29, 1889.[1]

He was principal of public schools in Belvidere, Illinois, in 1881-84, assistant state secretary of the YMCA of Illinois (1884–87), and principal of the high school at Jackson, Michigan, in 1890–91. He taught education at the University of Michigan (1891–93) and at the University of California, Berkeley (1893–1906). After directing the reorganization of the United States Bureau of Education as U.S. Commissioner of Education (1906–11), he became chancellor of New York University, where he founded NYU Press in 1916 "to publish contributions to higher learning by eminent scholars."

He was made fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and vice president of the education section in 1907. He led the Andiron Club from 1916 to 1922 and was associated with the Eucleian Society. Brown retired from NYU in 1933 and died in 1934 in New York.[2]

Works

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His works include:

  • The Making of Our Middle Schools (1903).
  • The Origin of American State Universities (1905).
  • Government by Influences, and Other Addresses (1909).
  • An Efficient Organization and Enlarged Scope for the Bureau of Education (1910).
  • A Few Remarks (1933).

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XIV. James T. White & Company. 1910. pp. 252–253. Retrieved December 16, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Brown". New York Daily News. November 4, 1934. p. 289. Retrieved December 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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Political offices
Preceded by United States Commissioner of Education
1906–1911
Succeeded by
Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of New York University
1911–1933
Succeeded by