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Abraham Flexner | |
|---|---|
 Flexner c. 1910 | |
| Born | November 13, 1866 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | September 21, 1959 (aged 92) Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University (BA) Harvard University University of Berlin |
| Known for | Flexner Report |
| Spouse | |
| Relatives | Louis B. Flexner (nephew) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Higher education Medical education |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University Rockefeller Institute University of Berlin Harvard University Institute for Advanced Study |
Abraham Flexner (November 13, 1866 – September 21, 1959) was an American educator, best known for his role in the 20th century reform of medical and higher education in the United States and Canada.[1]
After founding and directing a college-preparatory school in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Flexner published a critical assessment of the state of the American educational system in 1908 titled The American College: A Criticism. His work attracted the Carnegie Foundation to commission an in-depth evaluation into 155 medical schools in the US and Canada.[2] It was his resultant self-titled Flexner Report, published in 1910, that sparked the reform of medical education in the United States and Canada.[1] Flexner was also a founder of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, which brought together some of the greatest minds in history to collaborate on intellectual discovery and research.[2]
- ^ a b Brown, E. Richard (1980). Rockefeller Medicine Men: Medicine and Capitalism in America. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press Ltd. pp. 135–159. ISBN 978-0520042698.
- ^ a b Bonner, Thomas Neville (February 1998). "Searching for Abraham Flexner". Academic Medicine. 73 (2): 164. doi:10.1097/00001888-199802000-00014. PMID 9484189.