Laurent Marie Clerc (1785 - 1869)

Deaf Education Pioneer. He is remembered as the “Apostle of the Deaf in America” for his co-founding of the first school for the deaf in North America. He was born Louis Laurent Marie Clerc in the small village of La Balme, France where his father was the mayor. It is not clear if he was […]

Thomas Greene Clemson (1807 - 1888)

Philanthropist. Born in Philadelphia, he was educated at Alden Partridge’s Military Academy in Vermont and was further trained in agricultural at the Sorbonne Paris, France. Upon his return to the US, he co-authored significant legislation to promote agricultural education and engaged in farming in South Carolina in the 1830s. Thomas became active in the federal […]

Gen Henry Delamar Clayton (1827 - 1889)

Civil War Confederate Major General. When Civil War began, he was as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives and was asked to recruit a volunteer regiment. He organized the 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment in March 1861 and was appointed Colonel. In 1862, he organized the 39th Alabama Regiment which led in the Kentucky […]

Laurence Chaderton (1970 - 1640)

First Master of Emmanuel College, at the request of its founder, Sir Walter Mildmay (q.v.). Live to the ageof 103. Buried in the chapel of the college, where this memorial window also features. (bio by: David Conway)

Harold Egbert Camping (1921 - 2013)

Religious Broadcaster and Teacher.  President of Family Stations, Inc., Oakland, California, he predicted and preached that the world would end in October 2011. His network radio stations are heard all across the U.S. and throughout the world via radio and internet. (bio by: Bernard Johnson)

Harry Clifton Byrd (1889 - 1970)

Curley Byrd graduated at the age of nineteen, from the Maryland Agricultural College, as the University of Maryland was then known, with a degree in civil engineering. He returned to his alma mater late in 1912 as an instructor in English, an assistant in physical culture, and football coach. Byrd rapidly climbed the administrative ranks […]

Selena Sloan Butler (1872 - 1964)

Educator. The co-founder of the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), in 1911 she founded the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers (NCCPT). President Herbert Hoover appointed her to the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection in 1929. During World War II, she organized the Red Cross’s first black women’s chapter of “Gray Ladies.” […]

Nicholas Murray Butler (1862 - 1947)

Educator, Nobel Prize Recipient. The President of Columbia University from 1902 until his death, he was awarded the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize with Jane Addams for their efforts in promoting peace through education. In the 1912 presidential election, Murray received the 8 electoral votes that were to go to Vice President James Sherman who had […]

Aaron Burr, Sr (1716 - 1757)

Educator and Founder of Princeton University. Born in Connecticut, he attended Yale College (now Yale University) where in 1735 he obtained his BA Degree in religious studies. Upon graduation, he became a Presbyterian Minister in Newark, New Jersey, where he also opened a school for classical studies, to earn extra money. In 1752, he married […]

Rev John Burnaby (1891 - 1978)

Dean of Tinity College, Regius Professor of Divinity (bio by: David Conway)

Adm Franklin Buchanan (1800 - 1874)

Civil War Confederate Navy Admiral. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, prior to the Civil War, he was a US Navy Captain, served as the first superintendent of the US Naval Academy and commanded the USS Susquehanna in the Perry Expedition to Japan. Believing that his home state of Maryland would be soon seceding from the Union, […]

Giordano Bruno (1970 - 1600)

Philosopher. For his theories, he was burned alive in Rome by the Inquisition. His ashes were scattered. (bio by: Cristian Italia)

William Montague Browne (1823 - 1883)

Civil War, CSA Brigadier General. He was born in City Mayo, Ireland, and was the son of the Right Honorable D. Geoffrey Browne, Member of Parliament. He was educated at Rugby and at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. He served in the Crimean War, then joined the British diplomatic service before moving to New York City […]

Viola Brown-Walker (1942 - 1993)

Received 1989 Newmast Award for accomplishments as a science educator. Taught for 28 Years.

Tabitha Moffatt Brown (1780 - 1858)

Tabitha Moffatt Brown Moffat was born on May 1, 1780, at Brimfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of Dr. Joseph and Lois (Haynes) Moffat. She married the Reverend Clark Brown in 1799, and they had four children. After her husband’s death in 1817, Brown taught school before moving to Missouri, where her brother-in-law, Captain John Brown, lived. […]

Hallie Quinn Brown (1850 - 1949)

Educator. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she was an African American educator and elocutionist who pioneered in the movement for Black women’s clubs. Educated at Wilberforce University Ohio, she taught on plantations and in the public schools of Mississippi and South Carolina. In the 1870s, she traveled as an elocutionist and lecturer, speaking in Europe as […]

Kingman Brewster, Jr (1919 - 1988)

Educator, US Diplomat. He graduated from Yale in 1941, where he was chairman of the “Yale Daily News”, and received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1948. After teaching at Harvard Law School from 1950 to 1960, he accepted the post of Provost at Yale, serving from 1960 to 1963. Upon the death […]

Horace Mann Bond (1904 - 1972)

Educator. Served as president of Fort Valley State College and Lincoln University, two historically predominant African American colleges. His son, Julian Bond, became a prominent civil rights activist, the first African American elected to the Georgia House of Representatives since the Reconstruction, chairman of the NAACP and who hosted television’s “America’s Black Forum” and narrated […]

Auguste Boeckh (1785 - 1867)

Historian of the ancient world and a founder of modern classical philology. (bio by: David Conway)

Norberto Bobbio (1909 - 2004)

Italian Philosopher, considered one of the most important philosophers of Twentieth Century. A referring one for the parties and thinkers of the left. Among his books are “La Filosofia del Decadentismo,” “La Cultura e Il Fascismo,” “Quale Socialismo?” and “Destra e Sinistra.” (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Susan Elizabeth Blow (1843 - 1916)

Educator. Reared in a deeply religious home, she was educated by tutors and at a private school in New York City. While traveling in Germany, she became interested in the revolutionary kindergarten methods developed by the German Idealist philosopher Friedrich Froebel. After a year of study under Froebel devotee Maria Kraus-Boeltz in New York, Blow […]

Charles Valentine Blomfield (1970 - 1816)

Classical scholar and author. (bio by: David Conway) Cause of death: ‘fever’

John Stuart Blackie (1809 - 1895)

Scholar, Educator. Born in Glasgow, he became a lawyer in 1834 and went to teach at the Marischal College in Aberdeen, Scotland. He became one of the most influential scholars of nineteenth-century Scotland, as a Professor of Humanity at Marischal College and Professor of Greek at the University of Edinburgh. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)

George Birkbeck (1776 - 1841)

Philanthropist, Educationalist. Born in Settle, Yorkshire, he became a became professor of natural philosophy at the Anderson’s College, Glasgow, in 1799. There he pioneered the first free classes for working-class men in mechanics and chemistry. In 1804, he became a physician in London and continued his interest in working class education. He founded the Mechanics’ […]

James Henry Binford (1832 - 1876)

Noted regional educator. A teacher and principal at private schools, Binford was unanimously elected superintendent of Richmond’s public school system in 1870, only one year after Richmond had established its first public schools. In 1871, Richmond’s schools formally became part of Virginia’s new public school system. An effective and innovative administrator, Binford sought to bring […]

Yogi Bhajan (1929 - 2004)

Yoga Pioneer. Born as Harbhajan Singh Puri, in India, he arrived in Los Angles, California in 1969 and was the first to publicly teach Kundalini Yoga. A deeply devoted Sikh, his inspiration and example motivated millions to embrace the Sikh way of life. Through his personal efforts, he was legally incorporated and officially recognized as […]

Wilhelm Beuth (1781 - 1853)

‘The Father of Prussian Industry’. Founded the Technical Trade School in 1821, ancestor of the Berlin Technical University. (bio by: David Conway)

Dr Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (1875 - 1955)

Martha McChesney Berry (1866 - 1942)

Educator. She was home schooled at her plantation home in Rome, Georgia until as a teenager she went to a girls school in Baltimore, Maryland. Her interest in education was piqued when she began teaching Bible stories to poor children who lived around the mountain retreat cabin that she inherited from her father. Concerned by […]

Maximilian Berlitz (1852 - 1921)

Educator. He was the founder of the Berlitz Language Schools. Born David Berlitzheimer in the village of Mühringen at the edge of the Black Forest in southwest Germany. his father was a village cantor and Jewish religious teacher. In 1872, he came to Rhode Island where he worked for a while as a private language […]