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Abraham Flexner (November 13, 1866 – September 21, 1959) was an American educator, best known for his role in the 20th century reform of medical and higher education in the United States and Canada.
Abraham Flexner was an educator who played a major role in the introduction of modern medical and science education to American colleges and universities. Founder and director of a progressive college-preparatory school in Louisville (1890–1904), Flexner issued an appraisal of American educational.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Abraham Flexner: Life. A child of German Jewish immigrants, Flexner was born in 1866 in Louisville, Kentucky, the sixth of nine children. His father, Moritz Flexner, was a hat merchant, and his mother, Esther Abraham, was a seamstress.
ABRAHAM FLEXNER, THE EDUCATOR AND REFORMER. The final member of the Circle was Abraham Flexner, a former school teacher and expert on educational practices whose background and training made him an outlier in the Circle.
- Thomas P. Duffy
- 2010
May 14, 2018 · Abraham Flexner (1866-1959) devoted his life to the improvement of teaching and research in America, initiating the modern American medical school and serving as first director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.
Abraham Flexner. Past Director. More than any other individual, it was Abraham Flexner who conceived and developed the idea that found expression as the Institute for Advanced Study, serving as founding Director from 1930 to 1939. A prominent figure in American education reform, Flexner had a profound impact on many areas of American education ...
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While change in medical education occurred before the publication of the Flexner Report in 1910, Abraham Flexner's contribution was significant. His public disclosure of the poor conditions at many medical schools provided a means to galvanize all the constituencies needed for reform to occur.
