Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania

Download or read book Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania written by Francis Newton Thorpe and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The center from which Franklin's practical influence in education extends in Philadelphia. Connected, as he was, for many years with the management of what is now the University of Pennsylvania, that institution is in some sense a development of his ideas as to higher education. But his benefactions and his counsel originated many other streams of educational influence. These lines of educational influence have been carefully investigated by Francis Newton Thorpe, who at the time or original publication in 1893 was Professor of American Constitutional History at the University of Pennsylvania.