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Abraham Flexner, 1866–1959

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2017

Franklin Parker
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Extract

The death of Abraham Flexner on September 21, 1959 at the age of ninety-three ended a remarkable career. Here was an educational researcher and later a foundation executive who made significant contributions to American education. His report in 1910 of medical schools in the United States and Canada had a phenomenal result. It practically remade medical education and helped it achieve the respected status it now enjoys. How did he do it?

Type
Research Article
Information
History of Education Quarterly , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 1962 , pp. 199 - 209
Copyright
Copyright © 1962, University of Pittsburgh Press 

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