The Popular Educator, published weekly, is a series of hundreds of essays in 10 volumes – The Popular Educator Library – designed to provide the essence of a college education for those who were not able to attend college. The publication ran from March 1938 to November 1942.

Editors

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  • Lingard Loud (1891–1981), general editor
  • John Daniels, general editor

Contributors

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  • Accountancy
Earl Adolphus Saliers (1884–1952), B.S., M.A., PhD
  • Aeronautics
Theodore von Kármán (1881–1963), M.E., PhD
  • Aeronautics
Frank Joseph Mallna (1912–1981)
California Institute of Technology
  • Art and Architecture
Ernest C. Pickering, B.Sc., M. Arch. (1893–1974)
University of Cincinnati
  • Astronomy
George Clyde Fisher (1878–1949), PhD, LLD
American Museum of Natural History
  • Biology
John Hiram Gerould (1868–1961), PhD
Dartmouth College
  • Business English
John "Jack" Presley Fife (1899–1974), B.A., M.A.
Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Chemistry
Leo Arthur Goldblatt (1903–1988), PhD
University of Pittsburgh
  • Drawing and Design
Andrew McDuffie Vincent (1898–1993)
University of Oregon
  • Economics
Franklin "Frank" Tenney Stockton (1886–1971), A.B., L.H.D., PhD
University of Kansas
  • Engineering
Fred Asa Barnes (1876–1950) C.E., M.C.E., F. A. A. A. S.
Cornell University
  • English Literature
Hoyt Hopewell Hudson, PhD (1893–1944)
Princeton University
  • French
Earl Frederick Langwell (1901–1977), PhD
University of Notre Dame
  • Geology
Terence Thomas "Terry" Quirke (1886–1947), M.Sc., PhD, F.A.A.A.S.
University of Illinois
  • History – Ancient, European, and Modern
Walter Woodburn Hyde (1871–1966)
University of Pennsylvania
  • History
Tibor Kerekes de Kelesceny (1893–1969)
Georgetown University
  • Journalism
Grant Milnor Hyde (1889–1972), B.A., M.A.
University of Wisconsin
  • Latin
Roy Joseph Deferrari (1890–1969), A.B., M.A., PhD
  • Law
Edward Karl McGinnis (1887–1960), A.B., J.D.
  • Mathematics
William Whitefield Elliott (1898–1993), A.B., PhD
Duke University
  • Philosophy
Harry Allen Overstreet (1875–1970), A.B., B.Sc.
  • Photography
Stanley George Blaxland Stubbs (1884–1962)
General Editor, Waverly Technical Encyclopedias
  • Physics
Lenville Laurentine Hendren (1880–1958), M.A., PhD
University of Georgia
  • Physiology & Anatomy
Harold Edwin Himwich (1894–1975), B.S., M.D.
Union University
  • Psychology
Adam Raymond Gilliland (1887–1952), B.S., M.Psych., PhD
Northwestern University
  • Radio and Television
Richard Dudley Fay (1891–1964), A.B., S.B.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Spanish
Francis Monroe Kercheville (1901–1969), B.A., M.A,. PhD
University of New Mexico
Also complete courses in American History, Anthropology, Archaeology, Bible History, Botany, Civics, Classical Literature, Drama. Economic Geography, English Language, English History, Eurythmics, Geography, German, Greek, Interior Decorating, Italian, Mnemonics, Money, Music, Penmanship, Philology, Phonetics, Physical Geography, Politics, Shorthand (Gregg & Pitman), Social History, Typewriting, Writing, Zoology.

Online access

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  • Vol. 9: "Butcher, Fanny" p. 3371 (snippet view) – via Google Books.
  1. Vol. 1 (snippet view) – via Google Books.
  2. Vol. 2 (snippet view) – via Google Books.
  3. Vol. 3 (snippet view) – via Google Books. OCLC 760806767.
  4. Vol. 4 (snippet view) – via Google Books.
  5. Vol. 5 (missing) {{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  6. Vol. 6 (snippet view) – via Google Books. OCLC 760806767.
  7. Vol. 6 (full access) – via Internet Archive. OCLC 1036782210.
  8. Vol. 7 (missing)  pps. 2997–3500.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  9. Vol. 8 (snippet view) – via Google Books.
  10. Vol. 9 (snippet view) – via Google Books.

  11. Issues 13–18 (snippet view) – via Google Books.
  12. Issues 19–24 (snippet view) – via Google Books.
  13. Vol. 5. Issues 25–30 (snippet view) – via Google Books.
  14. Issues 31–36 (snippet view) – via Google Books.
  15. Issues 37–45 (snippet view) – via Google Books.

Fanny Butcher

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  • Kerekes de Kelesceny, Tibor (1938). "Dire Tragedy of the ...". The Popular Educator (Lecture 8: Modern European History – Richelieu's Policy). Vol. 2 (of 10) (Issue 9). Dunellen: National Educational Alliance, Inc.: 799 → Note: The Popular Educator, published weekly, is a series of hundreds of essays in 10 volumes named, The Popular Educator Library, designed to provide the essence of a college education for those who were not able to attend college. The publication ran from March 1938 to November 1942. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link) LCCN 40-31821.

Other publications by National Educational Alliance

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Disambiguation

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Not to be confused with:

  • Late 1800s publication of John Cassell (1817–1865), The Popular Educator.
  • Late 1800s publication (monthly magazine), The Popular Educator, published by (i) the Educational Publishing Company of Boston, which became the Popular Educator Company of Boston, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.
  • Stanton's Popular Educator and World's Home Instructor, published by the National Publishing Company of Philadelphia. The name, "Stanton", is a reference to the C.W. Stanton Company of Chicago, a manufacturer and seller of subscription books. The firm was incorporated 1895 by (i) Calvin William Stanton (1862–1926), (ii) Sally S. Murphy, and (iii) Mary F. Bell. National Publishing Company was operated by Joshua Riley "Bible" Jones (1837–1913) and David Zophar Howell (1871–1924). Howell, by way of his wife, Maude Talmage Jones (maiden), was a son-in-law of Joshua R. Jones.
Copyright 1902, D.Z. Howell, Overbrook, Pennsylvania.
The publisher, beginning 1884, was R.S. Peale & Company of Chicago – Richard S. Peale (1851–1919), founder. Peale, as early as 1875, had been a book club publisher. The Home Library Association (HLA), Chicago, was the book club for acquiring published works of R.S. Peale. HLA was incorporated December 30, 1884. R.S. Peale & Company was acquired in 1892 by The Werner Company. The incorporators were (i) Paul Edward Werner (1850–1931), (ii) Richard S. Peale, (iii) Alexander Beaty Belford (1854–1906), (iv) Daniel H. Kochersperger (1851–1907), and (v) Julius Turner Edson (1857–1946).

Bibliography

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Notes

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References linked to notes

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  • Loud, Lingard (1891–1981) (general editor). The Popular Educator (weekly magazine & bound in 10 volumes as The Popular Educator Library). Dunellen: National Educational Alliance, Inc. p. 799  {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: postscript (link) LCCN 40-31821
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    1. Vol. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Internet Archive. OCLC 1036782210.