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 Alden Partridge - Norwich Posted by:  Vermontish
N 43° 42.795 W 072° 18.483
18T E 716865 N 4843546
Military school founder
Waymark Code: WMBW12
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2011
Views: 2
ALDEN PARTRIDGE
1784-1854
| A native of Norwich, Vermont, Alden Partridge was a pioneer in American military education. Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from 1815 to 1817, he returned here in 1819 to found the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy, which, in 1834, became Norwich University, now located in Northfield, VT. Partridge’s innovative curriculum, called the ‘American System of Education’, combined military, practical, scientific and liberal instruction. The educational system established here served as a model for eighteen military academies and colleges founded throughout the United States. The Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862 and the 1916 legislation which created the Reserve Officers Training Corps are extensions of Partridge’s theories of education. |
Marker Name: Alden Partridge
Location: Norwich
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