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abraham flexner circa 1895 21 september 1959 falls church , virginia judaism louisville , kentucky higher education medical education johns university institute for advanced study hopkins university rockefeller institute university of berlin harvard november 13 , 1866 november 13 , 1866 the flexner report aflexner21.jpg abraham flexner
 abraham flexner johns hopkins university
abraham flexner

abraham flexner -lrb- november 13 , 1866 -- september 21 , 1959 -rrb- was an american educator , best known for his role in the 20th century reform of medical and higher education in america and canada .
after founding and directing a college-preparatory school in his hometown of louisville , kentucky , flexner published a critical assessment of the state of the american educational system in 1908 titled : `` the american college : a criticism '' .
his work attracted the carnegie foundation to commission an in-depth evaluation into 155 colleges and universities across the united states and canada .
it was his resultant self-titled `` flexner report '' , published in 1910 , that sparked the reform of medical education in the united states and canada .
flexner was also a founder of the institute for advanced study in princeton , which brought together some of the greatest minds in history to collaborate on intellectual discovery and research .
