Alexander Inglis
 Alexander Inglis    (academic) | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 24, 1879 |
| Died | 1924 (Age 44) |
| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University |
American early 20th century author and educator. His scholarship largely shaped modern public schools and continues to be influential. Criticized by John Taylor Gatto. | |
Alexander James Inglis was an American author and educator who was instrumental in promoting the "new American" secondary education at the beginning of the 20th century. His scholarship largely shaped modern public schools and continues to be influential.
His work was criticized by John Taylor Gatto in his essay, "Against School".[1]
Influence
He was an advocate of mass compulsion schooling, and wrote books including[2]:
- Principles of Secondary Education
- The Rise of the High School in Massachusetts
- Inglis Intelligence Quotient Values
Biography
Inglis was born in Middletown, Connecticut, to William Grey Inglis (1854–1939) and Susan Beyer Inglis (1858–1915). His father worked at a local gold and silver plating factory for 30 years before taking proprietorship of a laundromat. His grandfather, Alexander Inglis (1815–1893), was a miner who emigrated from Edinburgh, Scotland in 1852. Little is known about his childhood. In 1892, his brother Willie died of diphtheria at the age of six in Newark, New Jersey while visiting their maternal grandparents. He graduated from Middletown High School in 1898 with honors for attendance and academics. Later that year, he enrolled in Wesleyan University. He played varsity baseball and football for four years. His first professional job was as a Latin teacher at The Kiski School, a boarding school in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, during the 1902–1903 school year. There, he also coached football and assisted with baseball. In 1903, he took a position teaching Latin at the Horace Mann School in Manhattan, New York, where he stayed through 1911. In the summer of 1905, he became a student of the American School of Classical Studies in Pompeii and Rome, Italy. He authored three Latin textbooks while a teacher at Horace Mann, two of which the school added to the curriculum.[3]
An Honor Lecture at Harvard was named in his honour, the "Inglis Lecture on Secondary Education".[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.wesjones.com/gatto1.htm
- ↑ http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=12518
- ↑ William G. Wraga (2007). Pioneer, Alexander James Inglis (1879–1924) and American Secondary Education. Peter Lang. ISBN 9780820481166. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ↑ http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1938/2/4/malcolm-maclean-to-give-inglis-lecture/
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