Anna Eliot Ticknor
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1823 – 1896
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Who was Anna Eliot Ticknor?
Anna Eliot Ticknor was an American author and educator. In 1873, Ticknor founded the Society to Encourage Studies at Home which was the first correspondence school in the United States. She is attributed as being a pioneer of distance learning in the United States, and the mother of correspondence schools. She served as one of the original appointees to the Massachusetts Free Public Library Commission, which was the first of its kind in the United States.
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- Born
- Jun 1, 1823
United States of America - Parents
- Died
- 1896
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on July 23, 2013
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