# Joseph Mayer Rice

> Joseph Mayer Rice was a physician, editor of The Forum magazine, and early advocate of progressive education in the United States. He is credited with being one of the first to bring the need for widespread school reform to the public eye, and with laying the foundation for future empirical educational research.

*American physician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/joseph-mayer-rice

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1857-05-20
- **Died:** 1934-06-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Joseph Mayer Rice was a physician, editor of The Forum magazine, and early advocate of progressive education in the United States. He is credited with being one of the first to bring the need for widespread school reform to the public eye, and with laying the foundation for future empirical educational research.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 31.6

## Sources
- [Joseph Mayer Rice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mayer_Rice)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18912424)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/joseph-mayer-rice