Paul Monroe

Paul Monroe, Ph.D., LL.D. (1869-1947) was an American educator, born at North Madison, Ind. He graduated at Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana in 1890 and took his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1897. He became professor at Columbia in 1899. Professor Monroe received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Peking in 1913. His contributions to the study of education gave Dr. Monroe an international reputation, and his textbooks have helped to give the subject a position of great importance in the United States. He was the President of Robert College of Istanbul between 1932-1935. His greatest contribution was as editor in chief of the "Cyclopedia of Education" (five volumes, 1910-13). He published:
* "Source Book in the History of Education for the Greek and Roman Period" (1901)
* "A Text-Book in the History of Education" (1905)
* "Brief Course in the History of Education" (1907)
* "Principles of Secondary Education" (1914)

There are many elementary and middle schools across the country now named after him.