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Abraham Flexner

1866 - 1959

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Abraham Flexner (November 13, 1866 – September 21, 1959) was an American educator, best known for his role in the 20th century reform of medical and higher education in the United States and Canada. After founding and directing a college-preparatory school in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Flexner published a critical assessment of the state of the American educational system in 1908 titled The American College: A Criticism. His work attracted the Carnegie Foundation to commission an in-depth evaluation into 155 medical schools in the US and Canada. It was his resultant self-titled Flexner Report, published in 1910, that sparked the reform of medical education in the United States and Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Flexner is the 533rd most popular social activist (up from 542nd in 2019), the 8,102nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,097th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Abraham Flexner ranks 533 out of 840. Before him are Annie Kenney, Charu Majumdar, Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba, Tatyana Baramzina, Shivakumara Swami, and Nadia Murad. After him are Ted Grant, Ivan Betskoy, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Mykola Rudenko, Agnès Callamard, and Aminatou Haidar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Abraham Flexner ranks 132. Before him are Georges de la Falaise, Lola Mora, Lena Rice, Ole Østmo, Antonios Pepanos, and François Gagnepain. After him are Albertson Van Zo Post, Nina Bang, Oskar Messter, Fred Karno, Harry Davenport, and Józef Pankiewicz. Among people deceased in 1959, Abraham Flexner ranks 176. Before him are Peter Platzer, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Lyda Borelli, Emil František Burian, José Durand Laguna, and Kay Kendall. After him are Stepan Erzia, Al LeConey, Abdulla Shaig, Zakaria Goneim, Paul Günther, and Elisabeth Moore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abraham Flexner ranks 8,104 out of 20,380. Before him are Allen Garfield (1939), Gary Merrill (1915), Eric Winter (1976), Richard Benjamin (1938), John Antoine Nau (1860), and Blair Brown (1946). After him are Cytherea (1981), Carl Blegen (1887), Donna Mills (1940), Denise Crosby (1957), Wings Hauser (1947), and Kenny Barron (1943).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Abraham Flexner ranks 74. Before him are Sam Childers (1963), Medgar Evers (1925), Lucy Stone (1818), Ruby Bridges (1954), Katie Eder (1950), and Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954). After him are Dorothea Dix (1802), Lucy Parsons (1853), Roger Stone (1952), Jerry Rubin (1938), Fred Hampton (1948), and Bill Haywood (1869).

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