Philosopher
William Torrey Harris
Overview
William Torrey Harris (September 10, 1835 – November 5, 1909) was an American educator, philosopher, and lexicographer. He worked for nearly a quarter century in St. Louis, Missouri, where he taught school and served as Superintendent of Schools for twelve years. With Susan Blow, in 1873 he established the first permanent, public kindergarten in the country. He is also known for establishing high school as an integral part of public education.
Increasingly interested in Hegelian philosophy, he was cofounder of Journal of Speculative Philosophy (1867), the first philosophical journal in the US. He also worked with Amos Bronson Alcott's Concord School of Philosophy. In 1889 Harris was appointed as United States Commissioner of Education, and served in that role, under four presidents, until 1906.
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Philosophers who discussed William Torrey Harris
Ideas William Torrey Harris discusses
- Francis Bacon
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte
- Grover Cleveland
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Philosophy
- Immanuel Kant
- Idealism
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Orthography
- St. Louis
- The New York Times
- Yale University
- Pedagogy
- Indoctrination
- Connecticut
- English language
- Amos Bronson Alcott
- St. Louis Hegelians
- Journal of Speculative Philosophy
Place in the tradition
Part of American philosophy.