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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Flexner has received more than 317,029 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Flexner is the 541st most popular social activist, the 8,095th most popular biography from United States and the 75th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Abraham Flexner ranks 541 out of 840. Before him are Marie Stritt, Mykola Rudenko, Ernestine Rose, John Peters Humphrey, Xiomara Acevedo, and Szeto Wah. After him are Aminatou Haidar, Karen Silkwood, Joseph Weydemeyer, Meena Keshwar Kamal, Oswaldo Payá, and Henry Spira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Abraham Flexner ranks 137. Before him are Mahboob Ali Khan, Sam Eyde, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, Miina Sillanpää, Ndre Mjeda, and Gustav Lindau. After him are Ernest Mangnall, Johan Vaaler, Nina Bang, Matthew Henson, Antonios Pepanos, and Maud Gonne. Among people deceased in 1959, Abraham Flexner ranks 180. Before him are Sax Rohmer, Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, Adolf Lindfors, Andrés Martínez Trueba, Patrick O'Connell, and Ragnar Malm. After him are Elisabeth Moore, Boris Lavrenyov, Blind Willie McTell, Jerónimo Méndez, Otto Bartning, and Al LeConey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abraham Flexner ranks 8,095 out of 20,380. Before him are Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Marge Champion (1919), Jimmy Hart (1943), Alphonso Taft (1810), Tracy McGrady (1979), and Karen Wetterhahn (1948). After him are Robert Rubin (1938), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), Charles Cyphers (1939), Todd Armstrong (1937), Bill Nye (1955), and Yvonne Rainer (1934).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Abraham Flexner ranks 75. Before him are William Luther Pierce (1933), Jerry Rubin (1938), Lucy Parsons (1853), Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842), Ruby Bridges (1954), and Martin Luther King Sr. (1899). After him are Karen Silkwood (1946), Roger Stone (1952), Bill Haywood (1869), Mamie Till (1921), Ralph Abernathy (1926), and Dolores Huerta (1930).

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