Edward Franklin Buchner (1868–1929) was an American academic and scholar in education studies.

Early life

Edward Franklin Buchner was born on September 3, 1868, in

Paxton, Illinois Paxton is a city in Ford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,473 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Ford County. History The town was initially named Prairie City in the late 1840s, then Prospect City by an Illino ...

. He attended

Leander Clark College Leander Clark College, originally named Western College, was a college in Iowa, United States. It operated from 1857 to 1919, when it was absorbed into Coe College. History Western College was established in 1857 by the United Brethren in Chri ...

and graduated from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, where he received a PhD in 1893.

Career

Buchner was Professor of Education at the

University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a Public university, public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and la ...

from 1903 to 1908. He became Professor of Education at

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

in 1908. He wrote research in education studies. In 1925, he helped create the master of education and doctor of education degrees at Johns Hopkins. He wrote ''A Study of Kant's Psychology'' in 1893 and translated

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...

's 1803 Lecture-Notes on Pedagogy and published them in 1908.Kant's Lecture-Notes on Pedagogy
Haithi Trust Buchner served as the fourth president of the

Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology is an American learned society. It promotes philosophy and psychology in the Southern United States. History The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology was co-founded by 36 charter members ...

in 1911.

Personal life

Buchner married Hannah Louise Cable in 1898. They had two sons, Edward F. Buchner, Jr. and Mallory Buchner, and two daughters, Elizabeth Sanford Buchner and Margaret Louise Buchner.

Death

He died of heart disease on August 22, 1929, in Munich, Germany.

References

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