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Abraham Flexner | Abraham Flexner ( ) was an American whose advocacy of hiher education fundamentally influenced the medical profession in the United States, as well as | ||
"Of humble origins, Flexner joined the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and evolved into an influential figure affecting the course of medical education by releasing his 1910 report, which paved the way for research-based hospitals and medical scientific education. Later he became a leading figure in philanthropy through the Rockefeller Foundation, and founded the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton." (reference for quote: Herubel, Jean-Pierre V. M. Contextual Culture of the Master's Degree and the Decline of the M.L.S. Thesis: An Exploratory Review Essay Libraries & Culture - Volume 40, Number 1, Winter 2005, page 63) | "Of humble origins, Flexner joined the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and evolved into an influential figure affecting the course of medical education by releasing his 1910 report, which paved the way for research-based hospitals and medical scientific education. Later he became a leading figure in philanthropy through the Rockefeller Foundation, and founded the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton." (reference for quote: Herubel, Jean-Pierre V. M. Contextual Culture of the Master's Degree and the Decline of the M.L.S. Thesis: An Exploratory Review Essay Libraries & Culture - Volume 40, Number 1, Winter 2005, page 63) | ||
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Abraham Flexner ( ) was an American whose advocacy of hiher education fundamentally influenced the medical profession in the United States, as well as
"Of humble origins, Flexner joined the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and evolved into an influential figure affecting the course of medical education by releasing his 1910 report, which paved the way for research-based hospitals and medical scientific education. Later he became a leading figure in philanthropy through the Rockefeller Foundation, and founded the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton." (reference for quote: Herubel, Jean-Pierre V. M. Contextual Culture of the Master's Degree and the Decline of the M.L.S. Thesis: An Exploratory Review Essay Libraries & Culture - Volume 40, Number 1, Winter 2005, page 63)