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Edward R. (Edward Richard) Shaw

1855–1903

Best remembered as an educator who turned learning into lively reading, he wrote and edited books for young students while rising to become dean of New York University’s School of Pedagogy. His work ranges from classroom guides to adventure-minded titles such as Discoverers and Explorers.

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Big People and Little People of Other Lands

Big People and Little People of Other Lands

by Edward R. (Edward Richard) Shaw

Big People and Little People of Other Lands

by Edward R. (Edward Richard) Shaw

About the author

Born in Bellport, New York, in 1855, Edward Richard Shaw built his career in education before becoming a professor of pedagogy at New York University. He studied at Lafayette College and later earned a Ph.D. from New York University.

Before joining the university faculty, he served as principal in Sayville, Greenport, and Yonkers High School. By the time of his death in Yonkers in 1903, he had become dean at New York University.

Shaw wrote numerous books, especially schoolbooks for children, and he also prepared well-known works for classroom use. Among the titles associated with him are School Hygiene, Discoverers and Explorers, Big People in Other Lands, and editions of books such as Black Beauty and Joshua Slocum’s Sailing Alone Around the World.