Harris, William Torrey
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...public school system and was U.S. commissioner of education (1889 1906). In 1873, with Susan Blow, he established...kindergarten in the United States. He interpreted German philosophical thought, particularly Hegelianism, in his books and in the pages of the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, which he founded and edited (1867 93). His books...1890, repr. 1970) and The Psychologic Foundations of Education (1898, repr. 1969). See biography by J. S. Roberts...