Jonathan Kozol

Jonathan Kozol

male, 73 years old
Greater Good Science Center, Conscience in Media Award recipient, University of California, Berkeley, social psychology, Guggenheim Fellowship, From Boston…PublicEducation, education reform, The Education, Unequal Education, Boston Public
Jonathan Kozol is the conscience of American public education. The prolific author comes to Seattle's Central Library on Saturday to discuss his...
Comenius

Comenius

male, deceased (1670)
Theologian, Renaissance humanist, 17th century, Schoolteacher, Educator, Humanist…PublicEducation, universal education
John Amos Comenius (latinized: "Iohannes Amos Comenius") (March 28, 1592 - November 15, 1670) was a Czech teacher, scientist, educator, and writer....
Austin Peay

Austin Peay

male, deceased (1923)
Republican, state legislature, democratic party, republican party, Governor of Tennessee, tennessee general assembly…PublicEducation
Austin Peay was born June 1, 1876 and died October 2,1927. He served as Governor of Tennessee from 1923 until his death in 1927. Peay was a native...
Egerton Ryerson

Egerton Ryerson

male, deceased (1882)
from Norfolk County, Ontario, Charlotteville, Pre-Confederation Ontario, Norfolk County, Canadian, ryerson university…PublicEducation
Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (24 March 1803 - 19 February 1882) was a minister, educator, politician, and public education advocate in early Ontario,...
Joseph Lancaster

Joseph Lancaster

male, deceased (1838)
New York road accident death, corporal punishment, PublicEducation, Educator, Educationist, southwark…Madras System of Education, Improvements in Education
Joseph Lancaster (25 November 1778 - 23 October 1838) was an English Quaker, and public education innovator. Lancaster was born the son of a...
John McDonogh

John McDonogh

male, deceased (1850)
entrepreneur, from Baltimore, philanthropist, from New Orleans, Education in New Orleans, PublicEducation
John McDonogh (29 December 1779-26 October 1850) was a United States entrepreneur and philanthropist, described as miserly, controversial, and...

Alvin Thornton

male
Howard University, Political scientist, provost, maryland general assembly, PublicEducation, universal opportunity
Alvin Thornton is the chair of Howard University's political science department and has also been associate provost. He is a proponent of universal...
Maria Bartiromo

Maria Bartiromo

female, 42 years old
Italian-American, Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo, Closing Bell, American, reporter, CNBC…PublicEducation
Savvy readers know that the phrase "ethical scandal" usually actually means "sex scandal" when a high-profile woman in corporate America is...
Marquis de Condorcet

Marquis de Condorcet

male, deceased (1794)
Deputy to the French National Convention, Voting theorist, Sociologist, Political scientist, Enlightenment philosopher, Member of the Académie française…PublicEducation
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, marquis de Condorcet was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist who devised the...