Charles Alexander McMurry

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Charles Alexander McMurry. Ph.D. (1857-1929) was an American educator, born at Crawfordsville, Ind. He graduated at the Illinois State Normal University in 1876, and studied at the University of Michigan (1876-80), and in Europe at Halle (Ph.D., 1887) and Jena. He taught in Illinois. His works include:

  • The Elements of General Method (1892; sixth edition, revised, 1903)
  • Method of the Recitation (1898), with F. M. McMurry
  • Special Method of Reading (1898; new edition, 1910)
  • Special Method in Literature and History (1898)
  • Special Method in Geography (1898)
  • Special Method in Natural Science (1896; second edition, 1899)
  • Pioneer History Stories (three volumes, 1891; fifth edition, 1898)
  • Special Method in Primary Reading and Oral Work (1903)
  • Special Method in Reading in the Grades (1908)
  • Handbook of Practice for Teachers (1914)
  • Conflicting Principles of Teaching and How to Adjust them (1915)
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