Fred Washington Atkinson (May 23, 1865 – October 21, 1941) was an American educator and administrator. He served as general superintendent of education in the

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during the United States colonial period (1900-1903) and president of the

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(1904-1925). During his time, he gave emphasis in providing

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with

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Biography

Atkinson was born on May 23, 1865 in

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. He received his B.A. at Harvard College in 1890, and was married the same year to Winnifred G. Whitford in Waltham, Massachusetts. Atkinson then studied at Berlin, Halle, Leipzig, and Jena Universities, as well as the Sorbonne in Paris. He earned his Ph.D. at the

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in 1893. Atkinson died in

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on October 21, 1941, at the age of 76.

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