Abraham Flexner

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author education reformer educator human

Abraham Flexner was an American educator and reformer best known for his influential critique of medical education and for helping to shape modern research institutions in the United States.

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Abraham Flexner canonical 9
Flexner 2

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Predicate Object
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education reformer ⓘ
educator ⓘ
human ⓘ
authorOf Medical Education in the United States and Canada ⓘ
The American College ⓘ
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge ⓘ
Universities: American, English, German ⓘ
burialPlace Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1866-11-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1959-09-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: University of Berlin

Heidelberg University ⓘ
surface form: University of Heidelberg

University of Louisville ⓘ
employer Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ⓘ
Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
Rockefeller Foundation ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Abraham Flexner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Flexner
fieldOfWork education ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
medical education ⓘ
givenName Abraham ⓘ
influenced development of research universities in the United States ⓘ
modern medical education in North America ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Abraham Flexner self-link ⓘ
notableFor Flexner Report on medical education ⓘ
notableWork Medical Education in the United States and Canada ⓘ
The American College ⓘ
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge ⓘ
Universities: American, English, German ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
education reformer ⓘ
educator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
placeOfDeath Falls Church ⓘ
surface form: Falls Church, Virginia, United States
positionHeld founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
publicationYearOfNotableWork 1910 ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Simon Flexner ⓘ
spouse Anne Crawford Flexner ⓘ
workLocation Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

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Institute for Advanced Study → foundedBy → Abraham Flexner ⓘ
Abraham Flexner → name → Abraham Flexner self-link ⓘ
Abraham Flexner → familyName → Abraham Flexner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flexner
Medical Education in the United States and Canada → author → Abraham Flexner ⓘ
The American College → author → Abraham Flexner ⓘ
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge → author → Abraham Flexner ⓘ
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge → workOf → Abraham Flexner ⓘ
Flexner Report on medical education → author → Abraham Flexner ⓘ
subject surface form: Flexner Report
Universities: American, English, German → author → Abraham Flexner ⓘ
Simon Flexner → familyName → Abraham Flexner ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flexner
Simon Flexner → sibling → Abraham Flexner ⓘ