Horace Mann, American educator, the first great American advocate of public education who believed that, in a democratic society, education should be free and universal, nonsectarian, …

Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer, slavery abolitionist and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education; he is …

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Horace Mann (1796-1859) Horace Mann, often called the Father of the Common School, began his career as a lawyer and legislator.

Jan 5, 2025 · Horace Mann was an influential American educational reformer born in Franklin, Massachusetts, in 1796. Regarded as the "Father of the American Public School System," …

He had mastered the tenets of his family’s Calvinistic faith by the age of ten, but when their minister condemned his dear drowned brother Stephen to eternal damnation, Horace rebelled …

Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist and education reformer. He greatly advanced the cause of universal, free, non-sectarian public schools. …

Horace Mann was the fourth of five children of Thomas Mann, a farmer in Franklin, Massachusetts, and the former Rebecca Stanley of nearby Attleboro. Mann traced his …

Horace Mann, a pioneer in Public Education in America, was born on May 4, 1796, in Franklin, Massachusetts. Graduating from Brown University in 1819, he taught there for two years, …

Jan 1, 2009 · Known as the “father of American education,” Horace Mann (1796–1859), a major force behind establishing unified school systems, worked to establish a varied curriculum that …