Dr. David Murray : : Superintendent of Education in the Empire of Japan, 1873-1879 / / Benjamin Duke.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
• VerfasserIn: Duke, Benjamin,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2019]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (426 p.) :; 43 b-w photographs

This is the first biography in English of an uncommon American, Dr. David Murray, a professor of mathematics at Rutgers College, who was appointed by the Japanese government as Superintendent of Education in the Empire of Japan in 1873. The founding of the Gakusei—the first public school system launched in Japan—marks the beginning of modern education in Japan, accommodating all children of elementary school age. Murray’s unwavering commitment to its success renders him an educational pioneer in Japan in the modern world. Benjamin Duke has compiled this comprehensive biography of David Murray to showcase Murray’s work, both in assisting around 100 samurai students in their studies at Rutgers, and in his unprecedented role in early Japanese-American relations. This fascinating story uncovers a little-known link between Rutgers University and Japan, and it is the only book to conclude that Rutgers made a greater contribution to the development of modern education in the early Meiji Era than any other non-Japanese college or university in the world.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: In Memoriam of David Murray: A Pioneer of Modern Japanese Education -- Part I. Encountering the Japanese in America: 1866– 1873 -- Part II. Murray’s First Period as Superintendent of Education in Japan and America: 1873– 1876 -- Part III. David Murray’s Final Period in the Service of the Emperor: 1877– 1879 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author