Calvin M. Woodward

Calvin Milton Woodward (August 25, 1837 – January 12, 1914) was a United States educator and professor. As Dean of the school of engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, he developed a manual training program (a system of general, non-vocational tools training). He opened the St. Louis Manual Training School.

Biography Woodward was born at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, to Isaac Burnap Woodward and Eliza W. (Wetherbee) Woodward. He graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in 1860.

His first position was as principal of Brown High School in Newburyport, Massachusetts. During the Civil War he enlisted and was promoted to captain of the 48th Massachusetts Infantry. in 1882 and 1905 from Washington University.

Calvin M. Woodward died in St. Louis on January 12, 1914.

Works

History of St. Louis Bridge (1881) The Manual Training School (1887) Manual Training in Education (1890) Rational and Applied Mechanics (1912) He wrote a large number of papers on mathematical subjects and manual training, which he contributed to scientific journals and other periodicals.