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The Educational Review was a periodical established in 1891 by Nicholas Murray Butler to promote the scientific study of education. [1] It was published by Henry Holt and edited by Butler from 1891 to 1919, followed by Frank Pierrepont Graves until 1924, and William McAndrew. Assistant editors included William Maxwell, Earl H. Cook, and Addison B. Poland. [2]

By 1900, the Educational Review had garnered a reputation as one of the best educational periodicals in the world. The journal was found in almost every major library by 1919. The last issue of the journal was published in 1928, after which it was taken over by psychologist James McKeen Cattell and folded into the periodical School and Society . [2]

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References

  1. Rosenthal, Michael (2006). Nicholas Miraculous: The Amazing Career of the Redoubtable Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. p. 96. ISBN   978-0-374-29994-1
  2. 1 2 McInerny, P. M. (2007). "Nicholas Murray Butler, James McKeen Cattell, and the Educational Review: Footnote to a Famous Feud". Perspectives on The History of Higher Education. Routledge. 26: 129-146. ISBN   9781315126296