Samuel Train Dutton (October 1849 - March 28, 1919) was the superintendent of schools at

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. He was a founder of the

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and the treasurer of the American College for Girls at Constantinople.

Biography

He was born in October 1849 in

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. He graduated from

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in 1873 with a

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and an

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in 1890. In 1912 he was awarded an

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from

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. From 1873 to 1878 he was superintendent of schools of

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. For the next four years he was principal of the Eaton School of New Haven before being appointed superintendent in 1882. In 1890 he moved to

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, and was superintendent of schools for ten years, leaving for

in 1900. In 1913–14 Samuel Train Dutton was a member of the international commission sent by the

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to investigate the conduct of the

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of 1912–13. He co-authored its report.

Personal life

In 1889 Dutton built a house at 219 Bishop Street in New Haven, designed by local architect David R. Brown. In 1893, in Brookline, he built a similar house at 29 Colbourne Crescent to designs by William F. Goodwin of Boston.BKL.3879
" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed December 14 2021. In 1916 he moved to

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. He died on March 28, 1919, in

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References

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