Educational themes in the writings of Francis hopkinson¹

For an interesting and scholarly account of the career of Francis Hopkinson the reader is invited to turn to The Life and Works of Francis Hopkinson, by George Everett Hastings, published at Chicago in 1927. This book, in addition to an exhaustive treatment of the subject, contains a complete bibliography of the extensive literature relating to Hopkinson. The writer of this paper acknowledges with pleasure his indebtedness to Professor Hastings, who suggested that the writings of Hopkinson might be read with profit by the student of the history of American Education, whose book has been invaluable in the pursuit of the topic, and who generously criticized the article. Hopkinson was born in Philadelphia on September 21, 1737, and died there on May 9, 1791. He was an exceptionally gifted and versatile man, being poet, composer, inventor, jurist, member of the Continental Congress, judge of admiralty for the state of Pennsylvania, and judge of the United States Court for Pennsylvania. He was intimately associated with the illustrious group that made up the leadership of the American Philosophical Society from 1775 to 1791. The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq., published in Philadelphia in 1792, contains a substantial collection of his prose and poetry.

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For an interesting and scholarly account of the career of Francis Hopkinson the reader is invited to turn to The Life and Works of Francis Hopkinson, by George Everett Hastings, published at Chicago in 1927. This book, in addition to an exhaustive treatment of the subject, contains a complete bibliography of the extensive literature relating to Hopkinson. The writer of this paper acknowledges with pleasure his indebtedness to Professor Hastings, who suggested that the writings of Hopkinson might be read with profit by the student of the history of American Education, whose book has been invaluable in the pursuit of the topic, and who generously criticized the article. Hopkinson was born in Philadelphia on September 21, 1737, and died there on May 9, 1791. He was an exceptionally gifted and versatile man, being poet, composer, inventor, jurist, member of the Continental Congress, judge of admiralty for the state of Pennsylvania, and judge of the United States Court for Pennsylvania. He was intimately associated with the illustrious group that made up the leadership of the American Philosophical Society from 1775 to 1791. The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq., published in Philadelphia in 1792, contains a substantial collection of his prose and poetry.