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Horace Mann

  • Birth

    May 4, 1796, Franklin, MA
  • School

    School
    Went to Brown University and studied in law
  • Massachusetts state legislature

    Served as a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature
  • Created first board of education

    Served as Massachusetts state senator; signed into law the bill that created the first state board of education in the United States
  • State board of Education

    Horace became the first secretary of the State Board of Education in Massachusetts
  • Common School Journal

    He started a biweekly journal, Common School Journal, in 1838
  • State sponsored school

    the first several Massachusetts state-sponsored schools were established in Lexington
  • Death

    August 2, 1859, Yellow Springs, OH