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Edward Austin Sheldon

Founder of what is now SUNY Oswego, leader of the Oswego Movement (1823-1897) · United States · Educators · Died at 73

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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.

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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.

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Country
United States
Category
Educators
Type
Educator
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1823 to 1897 · aged 73

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