John Meiklejohn - Wikipedia John Meiklejohn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Scottish academic, journalist, and author John Miller Dow Meiklejohn (/ˈmiːkəldʒɒn/; 11 July 1836 – 5 April 1902) was a Scottish academic, journalist and author known for writing school books. Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Family 4 Notes 5 External links Life[edit] Born in Edinburgh on 11 July 1836, he was son of John Meiklejohn, an Edinburgh schoolmaster, and was educated at his father's private school at 7 St. Anthony Place,[1] Port Hopetoun. He graduated with an MA from the University of Edinburgh on 21 April 1858, when he was the gold medallist in Latin. At an early age he devoted himself to German philosophy, and became a private schoolmaster, first in the Lake District and then in Orme Square and York Place, London. He also lectured and took up journalism, in 1864 acting as a war correspondent in the Second Schleswig War, and being arrested as a spy.[2] In 1874 Meiklejohn was appointed as assistant commissioner to the endowed schools commission for Scotland, and made educational suggestions in its report. In 1876 Andrew Bell's trustees instituted a Chair of the theory, history, and practice of education at the University of St Andrews, and Meiklejohn was appointed as the first professor. There he influenced educational ideas at a time when the national system of education was undergoing a reconstruction.[2] Meiklejohn unsuccessfully contested the Glasgow Tradeston parliamentary constituency as a Gladstonian liberal in 1886. He died at Ashford, Kent, on 5 April 1902, and was buried there.[2] Works[edit] When still under 20, Meiklejohn produced for Bohn's Philosophical Library a translation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Between 1862 and 1866 he issued An Essay English Grammar for Beginners, being a Plain Doctrine of Words and Sentences (Manchester, 4 parts). For some years he published his schoolbooks for himself in Paternoster Square. In 1869 he issued, with Adolf Sonnenschein, The English Method of Teaching to Read, and this was followed in 1870 by The Fundamental Error in the Revised Code, with Special Reference to the Problem of Teaching to Read.[2] Writing numerous school texts and reading books for Blackwood's educational series (1883–7). and similar works, Meiklejohn also published:[2] The Book of the English Language (1877); The English Language: its Grammar, History, and Literature (1886); and The British Empire: its Geography, Resources, Commerce, Land-ways, and Water-ways (1891). Meiklejohn's series of school books, which was inaugurated in 1894, included a book on Australasia (1897) and The Art of Writing English (1899; 4th edit. 1902). There followed English literature: a New History and Survey from Saxon Times to the Death of Tennyson (posthumous, 1904). His geographical manuals adapted the works of James Cornwell.[2] He also wrote " A New History of England and Great Britain " in two volumes, covering the arrival of Julius Caesar to the death of Queen Victoria. Meiklejohn also wrote An Old Educational Reformer, Dr. Andrew Bell (Edinburgh, 1881), and he edited the Life and Letters (1883) of William Ballantyne Hodgson. He was a contributor to the Journal of Education and controversialist.[2] Family[edit] On 22 December 1864 Meiklejohn married Jane Cussans (daughter of T Cussans late HEIC) at St Luke's Church, Kings Cross. London. Of their sons and daughters, the fifth son Lieutenant Hugh Bernard Meiklejohn, Royal Navy, died on 17 May 1902, aged 26.[2] Another son, Matthew Meiklejohn, won the Victoria Cross during the Boer War. Notes[edit] ^ "Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832-1833". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 24 January 2018. ^ a b c d e f g h Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Attribution  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. External links[edit] Works by John Meiklejohn at Project Gutenberg Works by John Meiklejohn at Faded Page (Canada) Works by John Meiklejohn at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Works by or about John Meiklejohn at Internet Archive Authority control CiNii: DA04973721 GND: 123891302 ISNI: 0000 0000 8378 7996 LCCN: n87140320 LNB: 000126272 NDL: 00771467 NKC: kup19960000063939 NLA: 36574880 NLI: 000091521 NLP: A10316474 NTA: 071952780 PLWABN: 9810701493605606 SUDOC: 080597122 Trove: 1300822 VcBA: 495/368211 VIAF: 45220803 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n87140320 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Meiklejohn&oldid=981005025" Categories: 1836 births 1902 deaths 19th-century British male writers 19th-century journalists 19th-century Scottish writers Alumni of the University of Edinburgh British male journalists People from Edinburgh Scottish journalists Scottish educators Translators of Immanuel Kant Hidden categories: Articles incorporating Cite DNB template Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from October 2016 Use British English from October 2016 Articles incorporating DNB12 text with Wikisource reference Articles with Project Gutenberg links Articles with LibriVox links Articles with Internet Archive links Wikipedia articles with CINII identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with LNB identifiers Wikipedia articles with NDL identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLA identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLI identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLP identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers Wikipedia articles with VcBA identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikisource Languages مصرى Edit links This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 18:43 (UTC). 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