Title: William Barton Rogers and the idea of MIT
First published: 2008
Description: "Conceptual founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, William Barton Rogers was a highly influential scientific mind and educational reformer of the nineteenth century. A. J. Angulo recounts the largely unknown story of one man's ideas and how they gave way to the creation of one of America's premier institutions of higher learning." "Exploring the intersection of Rogers's educational philosophy and the rise of technical institutes in America, this biography offers a long-overdue account of the man behind MIT."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: College presidents, Study and teaching (Higher), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Presidents, Engineering, Study and teaching, Science, Biography, History, Rogers, william barton, 1804-1882, Universities and colleges, administration, Science, study and teaching, Engineering, study and teaching, Massachusetts, biography, Scientists, Educators
Places: Massachusetts, United States
People: William Barton Rogers (1804-1882)
LC classification: T171.M495 R73 2008