Thomas Franklin Green (8 February 1927 – 20 December 2006) was an American educational theorist and philosopher.[1]

Biography

Born on 8 February 1927, Thomas Franklin Green was raised in Lincoln, Nebraska. His parents worked as civil engineers and writers. He studied political science and philosophy at the University of Nebraska, graduating in 1948. Green elected to pursue a master's degree in philosophy, which he finished in 1949 at Nebraska. He subsequently earned a doctorate from Cornell University. Green began teaching at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and furthered his career at Michigan State University prior to joining Syracuse University in 1964. Four years later, he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. Green was appointed Margaret O. Slocum Professor of Education in 1980 and retired from Syracuse in 1993. He died in Jamesville, New York, at the age of 79 on 20 December 2006.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Pendley, Shawn (May 2015). An Endless Tangle of Problems: An Intellectual Biography of Thomas Franklin Green (PhD). University of Oklahoma. hdl:11244/14630. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Thomas F. Green Papers". Syracuse University. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Thomas Franklin Green". Syracuse Post Standard. 28 December 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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