Isaac Goodnow

Deceased Person

1814 – 1894

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Who was Isaac Goodnow?

Isaac Tichenor Goodnow was an abolitionist and co-founder of Kansas State University and Manhattan, Kansas. Goodnow was also elected as a Republican to the Kansas House of Representatives and as Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state, and is known as "the father of formal education in Kansas."

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Born
Jan 17, 1814
Whitingham
Education
  • Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy
Lived in
  • Vermont
Died
Mar 20, 1894
Manhattan

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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