Edward Austin Sheldon

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Edward Austin Sheldon
1st President of State University of New York at Oswego
In office
1861–1897
Succeeded byI. B. Poucher
Personal details
Born(1823-10-04)October 4, 1823
Educator
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Edward Austin Sheldon (October 4, 1823 – August 26, 1897) was an American educator, and the founding president of State University of New York at Oswego (then Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School). He also served as superintendent of schools for the cities of Syracuse, New York and Oswego, New York. Sheldon introduced the principles and teachings of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi into American education through the Oswego Movement.[1] His daughter was educator Mary Sheldon Barnes.

References

  1. ^ Oswego: Fountainhead of Teacher Education, Dorothy Rogers, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., New York, 1961

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