# Edward Austin Sheldon

> Edward Austin Sheldon was an American educator, and the founding president of the State University of New York at Oswego. 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. A statute of Sheldon instructing a child was dedicated at the New York State Capitol in January 1900 during a ceremony attended by Governor Theodore Roosevelt and United States Commissioner of Education William Torey Harris. It remained there until 1922 and was later installed on Oswego's campus. His daughter was educator Mary Sheldon Barnes.

*Founder of what is now SUNY Oswego, leader of the Oswego Movement (1823-1897)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Educator
- **Category:** Educators
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1823-10-04
- **Died:** 1897-08-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Edward Austin Sheldon was an American educator, and the founding president of the State University of New York at Oswego. 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. A statute of Sheldon instructing a child was dedicated at the New York State Capitol in January 1900 during a ceremony attended by Governor Theodore Roosevelt and United States Commissioner of Education William Torey Harris. It remained there until 1922 and was later installed on Oswego's campus. His daughter was educator Mary Sheldon Barnes.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 36.0 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 3.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 22.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 68.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Edward Austin Sheldon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Austin_Sheldon)
- [إدوارد أوستين شيلدون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86)
- [エドワード・シェルドン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5341651)

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