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Selected Educators and Scholars

  • ŠafaÅik, Pavel Josef, Czech philologist and archaeologist Adler, Cyrus, American Jewish educator Adler, Felix, American educator and leader in social welfare Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, American author and educator Aggrey, James Emman Kwegyir, African educator and missionary Alcott, Bronson, American educational and social reformer Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham Hyacinthe, French Orientalist Armstrong, Samuel Chapman, American educator Arnold, Thomas, English educator Ascham, Roger, English humanist and scholar Ashmole, Elias, English archaeologist and antiquary Bédier, Joseph, French authority on medieval literature Babbitt, Irving, American scholar Bagley, William Chandler, American educator and editor Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter, American educator and mathematician Barnard, Henry, American educator Barzun, Jacques, American writer Beecher, Catharine Esther, American educator Bell, Andrew, British educator Bello, Andrés, South American intellectual leader Ben Yehudah, Eliezer, Jewish scholar and leader Berry, Martha McChesney, American educator and philanthropist Bethune, Mary McLeod, American educator Blau, Joseph Leon, American Jewish scholar and educator Bloomfield, Leonard, American linguist Blow, Susan Elizabeth, American educator Bode, Boyd Henry, American educator Bollinger, Lee C., American educator Braga, Teófilo, Portuguese intellectual and political leader Braille, Louis, French inventor of the Braille system of printing and writing for the blind Brameld, Theodore, American educator Briggs, Le Baron Russell, American educator Brown, Elmer Ellsworth, American educator Brugmann, Karl, German philologist Bryson, Lyman, American educator Budé, Guillaume, French humanist Buisson, Ferdinand Édouard, French educator and Nobel Peace Prize winner Butler, Nicholas Murray, American educator Carpenter, Mary, English educator Carver, George Washington, American scientist Casaubon, Isaac, English classical scholar and theologian Child, Francis James, American scholar Chomsky, Noam, American educator and linguist Chrysoloras, Manuel, Greek teacher and writer Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, American psychologist and educator Colet, John, English humanist and theologian Comenius, John Amos, Moravian churchman and educator Conant, James Bryant, American educator Coornhert, Dirck Volckertszoon, Dutch humanist Cotton, George Edward Lynch, English clergyman and educator Counts, George Sylvester, American educator Cousin, Victor, French educational leader and philosopher Craigie, Sir William A., British lexicographer Cremin, Lawrence Arthur, American educator and historian Cross, Wilbur Lucius, American educator and public official Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson, American educator Curry, Jabez Lamar Monroe, American educator D’Ewes, Sir Simonds, English antiquarian Diez, Friedrich Christian, German philologist Dobrovskí½, Josef, Hungarian philologist Donatus, Roman grammarian Du Cange, Charles du Fresne, sieur, French medieval historian and philologist Duchesne, Saint Rose Philippine, French educator in the United States Dwight, Timothy, American clergyman, author, educator Eaton, John, American educator Edel, Leon, American literary scholar and biographer Eisenhower, Milton Stover, American educator and public official Eliot, Charles William, American educator and president of Harvard Epée, Charles Michel, Abbé de l’, French pioneer teacher of deaf-mutes Erpenius, Thomas, Dutch Orientalist Ersch, Johann Samuel, German encyclopedist Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, American educator Furst, Julius, German Orientalist Fellenberg, Philipp Emanuel von, Swiss educator and agriculturist Fish, Stanley Eugene, American literary critic and educator Flexner, Abraham, American educator Fowler, Henry Watson, English lexicographer Freire, Paulo, Brazilian educator Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm August, German educator and founder of the kindergarten system Frye, Northrop, Canadian literary critic Gale, George Washington, American educator and clergyman Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins, American educator of the deaf Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., American scholar and critic Gaza, Theodore, Greek scholar Gildersleeve, Virginia Crocheron, American educator Gilman, Daniel Coit, American educator Giner de los Rí­os, Francisco, Spanish educator and philosopher Godefroy, French family of scholars Grassmann, Hermann Gunther, German mathematician and Sanskrit scholar Graves, Frank Pierrepont, American educator Grierson, Sir George Abraham, Irish philologist Guarino da Verona, Italian humanist Gulick, Luther Halsey, American pioneer in physical education Hall, Samuel Read, American educator and clergyman Hand, Wayland Debs, New Zealand folklorist Harper, William Rainey, American educator and Hebrew scholar Harris, William Torrey, American educator and philosopher Hazard, Paul, French scholar Hesychius of Alexandria, Alexandrian grammarian Hibben, John Grier, American educator Highet, Gilbert Arthur, American classicist Hill, Sir Rowland, English educator Holbrook, Josiah, American educator Hopkins, Mark, American educator Hostos, Eugenio Marí­a de, Latin American philosopher Humboldt, Wilhelm, Freiherr von, German statesman and philologist Hutchins, Robert Maynard, American educator Hyde, Douglas, Irish scholar and political leader Isaacs, Susan Sutherland, British educator Jackman, Wilbur Samuel, American educator Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams, American Orientalist Jackson, Sheldon, American missionary and educator Jakobson, Roman, Russian-American linguist and literary critic Jaques-Dalcroze, Émile, Swiss educator and composer Jespersen, Otto, Danish philologist Johnson, Samuel, American clergyman Jusserand, Jean Jules, French diplomat and author Keppel, Francis, American educator Kermode, Sir Frank, English critic Kerschensteiner, Georg Michael, German educational theorist Kirk, Grayson Louis, American educator Kittredge, George Lyman, American scholar Korzybski, Alfred Habdank, Polish-American linguist Krapp, George Philip, American scholar Lagarde, Paul Anton de, German Orientalist Lascaris, Constantine, Greek grammarian Lattimore, Owen, American author and educator Lipsius, Justus, Flemish scholar Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, American educator Lyon, Mary, American educator Muller, Karl Otfried, German classical scholar and archaeologist Muller, Max, German philologist and Orientalist Macy, Anne Sullivan, American educator Mahan, Dennis Hart, American soldier and educator Malone, Edmond, English literary critic and Shakespearean scholar Mann, Horace, American educator Matthews, Brander, American author and teacher McGuffey, William Holmes, American educator McLaughlin, Andrew Cunningham, American educator and historian McLuhan, Marshall, Canadian communications theorist and educator Meiklejohn, Alexander, American educator Menéndez Pidal, Ramón, Spanish scholar and philologist Merton, Walter de, English bishop Meyer-Lubke, Wilhelm, Swiss philologist Monroe, Paul, American educator Montessori, Maria, Italian educator and physician More, Paul Elmer, American critic Munch, Andreas Peder, Norwegian historian and philologist Murray, Gilbert, British classical scholar Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry, English lexicographer Neill, Alexander Sutherland, English educator Nicholas of Cusa, German humanist Nicolson, Marjorie Hope, American educator Norton, Charles Eliot, American scholar and teacher Nott, Eliphalet, American educator Okakura Tenshin (Kakuzo), Japanese educator, critic Onions, C. T., English philologist Palmer, Alice Freeman, American educator Palmer, George Herbert, American educator Panini, Indian grammarian Paris, Paulin, French scholar Parker, Francis Wayland, American educator Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, American educator Peabody, Endicott, American educator Percy, Thomas, English antiquary and churchman Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich, Swiss educational reformer Pitman, Sir Isaac, English inventor of phonographic shorthand Pococke, Edward, English Orientalist Pomponius Laetus, Julius, Italian humanist Priscian, Latin grammarian Pusey, Nathan Marsh, American educator Randolph, Virginia, American educator Reuchlin, Johann, German humanist and lawyer Ridpath, John Clark, American educator and author Roget, Peter Mark, English physician and lexicographer Rudenstine, Neil Leon, American scholar Russell, James Earl, American educator Salmasius, Claudius, French humanist and philologist Sapir, Edward, American linguist and anthropologist Saussure, Ferdinand de, Swiss linguist Schurman, Jacob Gould, American educator and diplomat Seelye, Laurenus Clark, American educator and Congregational clergyman Shakhmatov, Aleksey Aleksandrovich, Russian philologist and historian Shalala, Donna, American educator, administrator, public official Sibawaihi, Persian grammarian Sierra, Justo, Mexican educator and historian Simmons, Ruth, American educator and college president Skeat, Walter William, English scholar and philologist Smith, Goldwin, English educator Spencer, Anna Garlin, American educator Stowe, Calvin Ellis, American educator Sturm, Johannes, German scholar and educator Sweet, Henry, English philologist and phonetician Taylor, Francis Henry, American museum director Taylor, Isaac, English clergyman Thayer, Sylvanus, American soldier and educator Thomas, Martha Carey, American educator and feminist Valla, Lorenzo, Italian humanist Vasconcelos, José, Mexican educator and writer Vendler, Helen Hennessy, American poetry critic Verner, Karl Adolf, Danish philologist Verrius Flaccus, Marcus, Roman grammarian Vincent, George Edgar, American educator Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist and teacher Washington, Booker Taliaferro, American educator Wayland, Francis, American clergyman and educator Webster, Noah, American lexicographer and philologist Weinreich, Uriel, Polish-American linguist West, Cornel, American scholar Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, American educator and classical scholar Wheelock, Eleazar, American clergyman White, Andrew Dickson, American educator and diplomat Whitney, William Dwight, American Sanskrit scholar and lexicographer Whorf, Benjamin Lee, American linguist and anthropologist Willard, Emma, American educator Winnemucca, Sarah, American lecturer, educator, and writer Woolley, Mary Emma, American educator Yen, James Y. 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