- John Henry Haaren
John Henry Haaren (August 13, 1855 – September 23, 1916), was an American educator and historian. He was born in Manhattan and died in Brooklyn.
Haaren's father was German and his mother Irish. He studied under Prof. N. M. Butler at
Columbia University 1889-91, before becoming a teacher in New York. In 1907 he became Associate Superintendent of Schools in New York, increasing the number and efficiency ofkindergarten s and starting classes to teach English to foreigners. ["The American Catholic Who's Who", 1911] He was president of the department of pedagogy in theBrooklyn Institute . [Herringshaw, T. W., "Herringshaw's national library of American biography", 5 vols, 1909-14.] Haaren High School (which was located on 10th Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets in Manhattan) was named in his honor. TheCharles B. J. Snyder -designed school which was initiallyDeWitt Clinton High School is now Haaren Hall on the campus of theJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E1DF113FF935A25751C1A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&scp=12&sq=College%20of%20Police%20Science%20DeWitt%20Clinton%20High%20School&st=cse F.Y.I., New York Times, December 16, 2001] ]Works
He was the author of a number of books including:
*cite book | title=Famous Men of Rome| coauthors=Addison B. Poland| date=1904|
*cite book | title=Famous Men of the Middle Ages| coauthors=Addison B. Poland| date=1904|
*cite book | title=Famous Men of Greece| coauthors=Addison B. Poland| date=1904|
*cite book | title=Famous Men of Modern Times| coauthors=Addison B. Poland| date=1909|
*cite book | title=Fairy Life: Third Reader Grade| date=1896|
*cite book | title=First Notions of Geography| coauthors=Addison B. Poland| date=1914|References
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*worldcat id|id=lccn-no97-9437
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