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Albert Lindsay Rowland

b. 1882

A school leader and textbook writer from Pennsylvania, he helped shape reading and history materials for young students in the early twentieth century. His books are practical, classroom-minded, and closely tied to the teaching world he worked in.

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The Silent Readers: Sixth Reader

The Silent Readers: Sixth Reader

by William Dodge Lewis, Ethel Maltby Gehres, Albert Lindsay Rowland

About the author

Albert Lindsay Rowland was an American educator and author born in 1882. Records for his books show him writing history and reading materials for schools, including Heroes of Early American History and volumes in The Silent Readers series. Contemporary title pages also describe him as a University of Pennsylvania research fellow in history and a member of several historical organizations.

His career seems to have been deeply connected to public education in Pennsylvania. Sources from the period identify him as director of teacher training and certification in the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction, and archival material from 1923 places him in that role. Later records show that he served as president of Shippensburg State Teachers College from 1932 to 1945.

Rowland's writing reflects that background: clear, instructional, and aimed at helping children learn through well-chosen stories and exercises. Although detailed biographical information is limited in the sources available here, the surviving record presents him as a lifelong education professional whose work reached both teachers and young readers.