Albert Edward Winship (February 24, 1845 – February 16, 1933) was a pioneering American educator and educational journalist.
Biography
Winship was born in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He attended Andover Theological Seminary in 1875. He was a pastor from 1876 to 1883. He had transferred himself over to the field of education by 1886 when he became editor of the Journal of Education, Boston, which grew to become one of the most influential educational magazines in the country.
From 1903 to 1909, Winship was a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education. His published works include: Horace Mann, the educator (1896) and Great American Educators (1900). He was the father of librarian and author George Parker Winship and of The Boston Globe editor Laurence L. Winship.
He died at his home in Cambridge on February 16, 1933.
Sources
- G. P. Winship (1987). Circuit rider of the American schools: Albert Edward Winship, 1845-1933. King College.
References
- Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: The New England Magazine. pp. 192–193. Retrieved January 7, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Dr. Winship is Dead; Was Noted Educator". The Boston Globe. February 18, 1933. p. 15. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
External links
Media related to Albert Edward Winship at Wikimedia Commons
- Works by Albert Edward Winship at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Albert Edward Winship at the Internet Archive
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