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Horace Mann
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- Works
- 38
Top works
- Life In The Argentine
- Popes at the Height of Their Temporal Influence. Part One : A. D. 1130-1216
- Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages. Part One
- Lives of the Popes Volumes II-III
- Schiller's Philosophical Letters
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- John Quincy Adams
- Succeeded by
- Tappan Wentworth
- Born
- ( 1796-05-04 ) May 4, 1796, Franklin, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- August 2, 1859 (1859-08-02) (aged 63), Yellow Springs, Ohio , U.S.
- Resting place
- North Burial Ground , Providence, Rhode Island , U.S.
- Party
- Whig
- Spouses
- Charlotte Messer Mann (d. 1832) Mary Peabody Mann
- Alma mater
- Brown University Litchfield Law School
- Occupation
- Lawyer Educator College president
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Mann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Franklin
- Place of death
- Yellow Springs
- Spouse
- Mary Tyler Mann
- Child
- Horace Mann Junior
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Antioch College
- Political party
- Whig Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Horace Mann - Daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes, c1850.jpg
- Work location
- Boston
- Residence
- Massachusetts
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- Horace Mann
- date of birth
- 1796-05-04
- date of death
- 1859-08-02
- name in native language
- Horace Mann
- different from
- Horace Mann Junior
- place of burial
- Rhode Island
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer, abolitionist and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education; he is thus also known as The Father of American Education. In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, Mann was elected to the United States House of Representatives (1848–1853). From September 1852 to his death in 1859, he served as President of Antioch College.
Arguing that universal public education was the best way to provide a quality education for all of America's children, Mann won widespread approval from modernizers, especially in the Whig Party, for building public schools. Most U.S. states adopted a version of the system Mann established in Massachusetts, especially the program for normal schools to train professional teachers. Educational historians credit Horace Mann, along with Henry Barnard and Catharine Beecher, as one of the major advocates of the Common School Movement.
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