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Birth
Burlington, Vermont, United States
Son of Lucina Rich and Archibald Sprague.
Brother Charles and Davis Dewey (and John). -
University of Vermont
He enjoyed and excelled in courses in Psychology, Religion, Ethics, and Logic -
Graduation
Phi Betta Kappa and second in his class. -
PhD
Under the guidance of George Sylvester Morris -
University of Michigan
he published his first two books, ‘Psychology’ (1887), and ‘Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding’ (1888) -
Love at first sight
Married Harriet Alice Chipman a former teacher and his student.
They had 7 children -
Teaching at the University of Minnesota
Only to return to Michigan a year later after the death of Morris -
William James
on reading ‘Principles of Psychology’, he became interested in experimental philosophy, -
University of Chicago (Head of a new department of philosophy and psychology)
Started an experimental school with his wife as principal. His main intension was to test his educational theories, which he had formed after extensive study of child psychology. -
American Psychological Association
Dewey was elected president -
Columbia
The "Dewey school, caused a struggle between its founder and the university's president, William R. Harper who tried to fire his wife, Dewey resigned in protest and went two teach at both the university and college of Columbia -
Japan
Lecturing
Alice Chipman Dewey -
Schools Of To-morrow
First major work on education with his daughter Eveliyn -
China
spend two years teaching at universities -
Turkey
Study their schools -
Death of his wife
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Russia
He inspected and praised the Russian educational system -
Retirement
However he went on to publish works dealing with philosophy, politics, and education -
Roberta Grant
they adopted to children (orphins of war) -
Death
After being ill for twenty-six hours, John Dewey died of pneumonia at age 92.
His grave is the only grave on the University of Vermont campus.
