Horace Mann: A Visionary Activist
Horace Mann
Horace Mann was born on May 4th, 1796 in the small Calvinist town of Franklin, Massachusetts. He is well-known as an ardent abolitionist, a social reformer, and a visionary educator in present day society. Horace had little formal education as a youth, but he didn’t allow that to limit his intelligence. He read extensively at the town library as a child, where he eventually learned enough to be admitted to the prestigious Brown University. After graduating from Brown in 1819 as valedictorian, he proceeded to study law at Litchfield Law School for a period of three years. Mann moved to Denham, Massachusetts after graduating from law school and opened his first law practice. He also decided to become involved in politics, where
Horace Mann was born on May 4th, 1796 in the small Calvinist town of Franklin, Massachusetts. He is well-known as an ardent abolitionist, a social reformer, and a visionary educator in present day society. Horace had little formal education as a youth, but he didn’t allow that to limit his intelligence. He read extensively at the town library as a child, where he eventually learned enough to be admitted to the prestigious Brown University. After graduating from Brown in 1819 as valedictorian, he proceeded to study law at Litchfield Law School for a period of three years. Mann moved to Denham, Massachusetts after graduating from law school and opened his first law practice. He also decided to become involved in politics, where