Iconoclast
Subtitle: Abraham Flexner and a life in learning
By: Thomas Neville Bonner.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Flexner, Abraham, -- 1866-1959; Education, Medical -- Biography; Education, Medical -- history
Genres: Biography.
Description: Abraham Flexner was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century American education. This biography demonstrates his pervasive influence on education, from his early work in experimental primary schools to the founding of the prestigious Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-351) and index.

"The published writings of Abraham Flexner": p. 359-360.
Table of contents: title: "Our children will justify us" --; title: University like no other --; title: Mr. Flexner's school --; title: Breaking free --; title: Legend is born --; title: Master of the survey --; title: Secure berth - at last --; title: At the pinnacle --; title: Fall from Olympus --; title: Phoenix rising --; title: Last hurrah --; title: Final battles --; title: "I burn that I may be of use."