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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Flexner ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → 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 → University of Berlin NERFINISHED → University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED → University of Louisville →
employer	Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching → Institute for Advanced Study → Rockefeller Foundation →
ethnicGroup	Jewish American →
familyName	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 →
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, United States →
placeOfDeath	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 →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abraham Flexner ("Flexner") →	familyName
Institute for Advanced Study →	foundedBy
Abraham Flexner →	name