About Frank Morton McMurry
Lived 1862 – 1936 (aged 73–74). Frank Morton McMurry was an American educator and writer.
Frank Morton McMurry (1862–1936) was an American educator, educational theorist, pioneer in American Herbartianism, and brother to Charles Alexander McMurry.
Early life In 1862, McMurry was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Following the death of his father, his mother moved the family to rural Illinois, settling in Normal, Illinois.
Career McMurry's education and career began with attending normal schools, eventually graduating from Illinois State Normal University's model school program in Normal, Illinois in 1879. Following his graduation, he attended the University of Michigan from 1881 to 1882. and with his brother Charles, Method of the Recitation (1903).
McMurry also was the author of How to Study and Teaching How to Study (1900) and Elementary School Standards (1913).
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