Edward Franklin Buchner

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Edward Franklin Buchner
BornSeptember 3, 1868
DiedAugust 22, 1929
Alma materLeander Clark College
Yale University
OccupationAcademic
SpouseHannah Louise Cable
Children2 daughters, 2 sons

Edward Franklin Buchner (1868–1929) was an American academic and scholar in education studies.

Early life[edit]

Edward Franklin Buchner was born on September 3, 1868, in Paxton, Illinois.[1] He attended Leander Clark College and graduated from Yale University, where he received a PhD in 1893.[1]

Career[edit]

Buchner was Professor of Education at the University of Alabama from 1903 to 1908.[1] He became Professor of Education at Johns Hopkins University in 1908.[1] He wrote research in education studies.[2] In 1925, he helped create the master of education and doctor of education degrees at Johns Hopkins.[1]

He wrote A Study of Kant's Psychology in 1893 and translated Immanuel Kant's 1803 Lecture-Notes on Pedagogy and published them in 1908.[3]

Buchner served as the fourth president of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology in 1911.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Buchner married Hannah Louise Cable in 1898.[1] They had two sons, Edward F. Buchner, Jr. and Mallory Buchner, and two daughters, Elizabeth Sanford Buchner and Margaret Louise Buchner.[1]

Death[edit]

He died of heart disease on August 22, 1929, in Munich, Germany.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "The Johns Hopkins University: The Milton S. Eisenhower Library: Special Collections: Buchner (Edward Franklin) 1868-1929 Papers 1890-1913". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  2. ^ "Reviewed Works: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY STUDIES IN EDUCATION by Edward F. Buchner; NO. 1". The Journal of Education. 87 (3): 78. 17 January 1918. JSTOR 42826740.
  3. ^ Kant's Lecture-Notes on Pedagogy Haithi Trust
  4. ^ "Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology: PAST OFFICERS". Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.