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Flexner (ABRAHAM an American educator)

ABRAHAM, an American educator, born in Louisville, Ky., in 1866, brother of Simon Flexner. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1883 and took post-graduate courses at Harvard and at the University of Berlin. After teaching for several years he was appointed an expert of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, in 1908, serving until 1912. He was assistant secretary of the General Education Board from 1912 to 1917, and secretary from 1917. He wrote "The American College" (1909); "Medical Education in the United States and Canada" (1910); "Medical Education in Europe" (1912); and "A Modern School" (1916). He also contributed educational papers to periodicals.