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Edward Herbert Cameron

1875–1938

A Canadian-born writer and educator whose books brought psychology into the classroom, he also turned his hand to local history and civic storytelling. His work ranges from educational texts to a lively account of the building of the Bunker Hill Monument.

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Of Yankee granite : $b An account of the building of the Bunker Hill Monument

Of Yankee granite : $b An account of the building of the Bunker Hill Monument

by Edward Herbert Cameron

About the author

Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, on January 24, 1875, Edward Herbert Cameron became known for writing about both education and history. Library records link his name to several early-20th-century books, including Psychology and the School (1921/1922), Educational Psychology (1927), and Viewpoints in Educational Psychology (1930).

Cameron's writing suggests a practical interest in how psychological ideas could be used in teaching. He also wrote outside that field: he is credited with Of Yankee Granite, an account of the building of the Bunker Hill Monument, and with Souvenir of the Monumental City, Baltimore, Md., showing a wider interest in American places and public memory.

He died on December 20, 1938, in Chicago, and was buried in Urbana, Illinois. Although he is not a widely remembered public figure today, his books preserve a snapshot of how educators and general readers were thinking about learning, history, and civic culture in the early 1900s.