Elmer Ellsworth Brown (1861–1934) was an American educator.
Biography
Born at
Kiantone in
Chautauqua County, New York
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, Elmer Ellsworth Brown studied at
New York University
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In 1832, the ...
(NYU), graduated from
Illinois State Normal University
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in 1881 and at the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
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(A.B., 1889); then he studied in Germany and received a
Ph.D.
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from the
University of Halle
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in 1890.
He married Fanny Fosten Eddy on June 29, 1889.
[
He was principal of public schools in ]Belvidere, Illinois
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, in 1881-84, assistant state secretary of the YMCA
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of Illinois
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(1884–87), and principal of the high school at Jackson, Michigan
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, in 1890–91. He taught education at the University of Michigan (1891–93) and at the University of California, Berkeley
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(1893–1906). After directing the reorganization of the United States Bureau of Education
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as U.S. Commissioner of Education The Commissioner of Education was the title given to the head of the federal Office of Education, which was historically a unit within and originally assigned to the Department of the Interior in the United States. The position was created on March ...
(1906–11), he became chancellor of New York University, where he founded NYU Press
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History
NYU Press was founded in 1916 by the then chancellor of NYU, Elmer Ellsworth Brown.
Directors
* Arthur Huntington Nason, 1916–19 ...
in 1916 "to publish contributions to higher learning by eminent scholars."
He was made fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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and vice president of the education section in 1907. He led the Andiron Club
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from 1916 to 1922 and was associated with the Eucleian Society
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The society was dedicated to furthering the literary arts. Members held hour ...
. Brown retired from NYU in 1933 and died in 1934 in New York.
Works
His works include:
*''The Making of Our Middle Schools'' (1903).
*''The Origin of American State Universities'' (1905).
*''Government by Influences, and Other Addresses'' (1909).
*''An Efficient Organization and Enlarged Scope for the Bureau of Education'' (1910).
*''A Few Remarks (1933).
Notes
Sources
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External links
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NYU University Archives
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1861 births
1934 deaths
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Illinois State University alumni
New York University alumni
People from Chautauqua County, New York
Presidents of New York University
United States Bureau of Education people
University of California, Berkeley faculty
University of Halle alumni
University of Michigan alumni
University of Michigan faculty