resting_place death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
bellport , ny yonkers , ny 1903 bellport , ny u.s.a. 1855 children 's books edward richard shaw
 edward richard shaw educator
edward richard shaw

edward richard shaw -lrb- 1855 -- 1903 -rrb- was a professor and dean , new york university , and author of numerous books , primarily children 's schoolbooks .
shaw was born in 1855 at bellport , new york -lrb- part of long island -rrb- .
his undergraduate work was at lafayette college , and he received his ph.d. from new york university .
after serving as principal at sayville , new york ; greenport , suffolk county , new york ; and yonkers -lrb- ny -rrb- high school , he became professor of pedagogy in the new york university .
by the time of his death , he was dean .
some of shaw 's output consisted of famous works edited for use by schoolchildren ; examples include `` black beauty '' and joshua slocum 's `` sailing alone around the world '' .
