HENRY BARNARD. (1811-1898.)
Henry Barnard was graduated from Yale in 1830, and was admitted to the bar in 1836. As a member of the Connecticut legislature, he secured the passage of the act for the common schools, under which the State Board of Commissioners was organized. Mr. Barnard’s duties as secretary of this board were to disseminate information and to devise means for improvement of the schools. The reports of Mr. Barnard were helpful. He was called to Rhode Island where he did a similar service for that state. He was made principal of the New Britain, Conn., normal school, in 1849. This was the third one in the United States.
His American Journal of Education is his most noted work. This was established in 1855. At first it appeared monthly, later quarterly. Each number contains about 200 pages and gives educational biography, and national and foreign school systems. “Upon the whole, no American journal devoted to education has had a more general or salutary influence upon the higher education, or has done more to dignify the cause of liberal culture.” He was appointed in 1867 the first United States Commissioner of Education.
More information about Henry Barnard can be found in textbooks in one of the college or university bookstores
Henry Barnard was graduated from Yale in 1830, and was admitted to the bar in 1836. As a member of the Connecticut legislature, he secured the passage of the act for the common schools, under which the State Board of Commissioners was organized. Mr. Barnard’s duties as secretary of this board were to disseminate information and to devise means for improvement of the schools. The reports of Mr. Barnard were helpful. He was called to Rhode Island where he did a similar service for that state. He was made principal of the New Britain, Conn., normal school, in 1849. This was the third one in the United States.
His American Journal of Education is his most noted work. This was established in 1855. At first it appeared monthly, later quarterly. Each number contains about 200 pages and gives educational biography, and national and foreign school systems. “Upon the whole, no American journal devoted to education has had a more general or salutary influence upon the higher education, or has done more to dignify the cause of liberal culture.” He was appointed in 1867 the first United States Commissioner of Education.
More information about Henry Barnard can be found in textbooks in one of the college or university bookstores
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