Charles Alexander McMurry. Ph. D. (1857-1929) was an American educator, born at Crawfordsville, Ind. He graduated at the Illinois State Normal University in 1876, and studied at the University of Michigan (1876-80), and in Europe at Halle (Ph. D., 1887) and Jena. He taught in Illinois. His works include: Pioneer History Stories (three volumes) (1891), The Elements of General Method (1892), Special Method in Natural Science (1896), Method of the Recitation (with F. M. McMurry) (1898), Special Method of Reading (1898), Special Method in Literature and History (1898), Special Method in Geography (1898), Special Method in Primary Reading and Oral Work (1903), Special Method in Reading in the Grades (1908), Handbook of Practice for Teachers (1914) and Conflicting Principles of Teaching and How to Adjust Them (1915).
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