author
Walter Lowrie Hervey
1862–1952
Best known as an educator and textbook writer, he also had a hand in retelling adventure fiction for younger readers. His career joined classroom practice, teacher training, and practical writing in a very direct way.
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Picture-Work
by Walter Lowrie Hervey
About the author
Walter Lowrie Hervey was an American educator born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1862. He studied at Princeton, earning his undergraduate degree there in 1886 and later completing both an M.A. and a Ph.D.
He built much of his career in New York education. He taught in the city, worked at Columbia, and from 1898 served on the New York City Board of Examiners, remaining there until his retirement in 1932.
Alongside his work in education, he wrote and edited books, including school readers and adaptations for younger audiences. That mix of scholarship, teaching, and accessible writing helps explain why his name appears both in education history and in older public-domain book collections.