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

Early life

Edward Franklin Buchner was born on September 3, 1868, in

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. He attended Leander Clark College and graduated from

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, where he received a PhD in 1893.

Career

Buchner was Professor of Education at the

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from 1903 to 1908. He became Professor of Education at

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in 1908. He wrote research in education studies. In 1925, he helped create the master of education and doctor of education degrees at Johns Hopkins. He wrote ''A Study of Kant's Psychology'' in 1893 and translated

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's 1803 Lecture-Notes on Pedagogy and published them in 1908.Kant's Lecture-Notes on Pedagogy
Haithi Trust Buchner served as the fourth president of the

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in 1911.

Personal life

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

Death

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

References

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