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Frank Pierrepont Graves
1869–1956
An influential American educator and historian of education, he led major universities and later guided New York State’s public school system through a period of growth and reform. His long career connected classical scholarship, university leadership, and public service in education.
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The Burial Customs of the Ancient Greeks
by Frank Pierrepont Graves
A student's history of education
by Frank Pierrepont Graves
About the author
Born in Brooklyn in 1869, Frank Pierrepont Graves studied at Columbia University, earning his bachelor's degree there and later a Ph.D. He began his career teaching Greek and classical philology at Tufts before moving into university leadership at a remarkably young age.
Over the years, he served as president of the University of Wyoming and the University of Washington, and later held senior academic roles in education at the University of Missouri, Ohio State University, and the University of Pennsylvania. He also wrote widely on the history and development of education, helping shape the field as both a scholar and administrator.
Graves is especially remembered for his public service in New York. As state commissioner of education from 1921 to 1940, he oversaw the state's education system for nearly two decades, leaving a lasting mark on schools, teacher preparation, and educational policy. He died in 1956.