Abraham Flexner (November 13, 1866-September 21, 1959) was an American educator. He is credited with reforming medical education in the United States, as well as founding the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Medical school generally refers to a tertiary educational institution (or part of such an institution) which is involved in the education of future medical practitioners (medical doctors). ... Fuld Hall The Institute for Advanced Study is a private institution in Princeton Township, New Jersey, U.S.A. (although it is not part of Princeton University), designed to foster pure cutting-edge research by scientists in a variety of fields without the complications of teaching or funding, or the...

Biography

He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated at Johns Hopkins University. His brother was Simon Flexner. Initially, he worked as a secondary school teacher and school principal, but after 19 years he returned to academia and did graduate studies at Harvard University and in Berlin. Nickname: Derby City, River City, Falls City Official website: http://www. ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... Simon Flexner (March 25, 1863 - May 2, 1946) was a physician, administrator, and professor of pathology at the University of Pennsylvania. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...

He then became a member of research staff at the Carnegie Foundation (1908), which resulted in the "Flexner Report", which examined the state of American medical education and led to far-reaching reforms in the way doctors were trained. The Carnegie Foundation is named after Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish-American idealist and industrial magnate, whose generous gift made it possible to carry out plans for the construction of the Peace Palace in 1903, the year in which it was founded. ... The Flexner Report, written by the professional educator Abraham Flexner (1866-1959), advocated radical change in the way medical schools were run in Canada and the United States. ...

Between 1912 to 1925, Flexner sat on the General Education Board, initially as a member and from 1917 as secretary. 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The General Education Board was a philanthopy created by John D. Rockefeller and Frederick T. Gates in 1902. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

With Louis Bamberger, he was initiator of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, and he acted as its head from 1930 to 1939. Louis Bamberger was Newark, New Jerseys leading citizen from the early 1900s until his death in 1944. ... Fuld Hall The Institute for Advanced Study is a private institution in Princeton Township, New Jersey, U.S.A. (although it is not part of Princeton University), designed to foster pure cutting-edge research by scientists in a variety of fields without the complications of teaching or funding, or the... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Works

• Medical Education in the United States and Canada, 1910 (PDF).
• A Modern School, 1916
• The Gary Schools (with F.B. Bachman, 1918)
• The Burden of Humanism (the Taylorian Lecture at Oxford University), 1928
• Universities: American, English, German (1930).
• A biography of H.S. Pritchett, 1943.
• I Remember: The Autobiography of Abraham Flexner; (1940).