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Dr. David Murray - Superintendent of Education in the Empire of Japan, 1873-1879 (Hardcover)
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Dr. David Murray - Superintendent of Education in the Empire of Japan, 1873-1879 (Hardcover)
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This is the first biography in English of an uncommon American, Dr.
David Murray, a professor of mathematics at Rutgers University, who
was appointed by the Japanese government as Superintendent of
Education in the Empire of Japan in 1873. The founding of the
Gakusei-the first public school system launched in Japan-marks the
beginning of modern education in Japan, accommodating all children
of elementary school age. Murray's unwavering commitment to its
success renders him a pioneer in the spread of Western education to
the Far East, and an advocate for the future of Japan in the modern
world. Benjamin Duke has compiled this comprehensive biography of
David Murray to showcase Murray's work, both in helping the samurai
students in their studies at Rutgers, and in his unprecedented role
in early Japanese-American relations. This fascinating story
uncovers a little-known link between Rutgers University and Japan,
and it is the only book to conclude that Rutgers made a greater
contribution to the development of modern education in the early
Meiji Era than any other non-Japanese college or university in the
world.
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