Amos Eaton was a natural scientist, lawyer, author and educator. In 1824, he co-founded The Rensselaer School in Troy, New York, which eventually evolved into today's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, one of America's top engineering universities.
Among Eaton's most lasting contributions to higher education was his idea to replace the then-current system of learning by rote, to one of making students learn by doing.
Amos Eaton was a natural scientist, lawyer, author and educator. In 1824, he co-founded The Rensselaer School in Troy, New York, which eventually evolved into today's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, one of America's top engineering universities.
Among Eaton's most lasting contributions to higher education was his idea to replace the then-current system of learning by rote, to one of making students learn by doing.
Family Members
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Thomas Hurd Eaton
1800–1861
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Daniel Cady Eaton
1804–1855
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Amos Beebe Eaton
1806–1877
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Timothy Dwight Eaton
1807–1828
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Hezekiah Hulbert Eaton
1809–1832
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Charles Linnaeus Eaton
1811–1814
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Sara Cady Eaton
1818–1881
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William Bradley Eaton
1819–1834
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Cuvier Eaton
1822–1870
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Catharine Van Rensselaer Eaton Marsden
1825–1888
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Buckland Eaton
1826–1826
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Johnson Humboldt Eaton
1829–1880
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