July 5, 1880 - May 10, 1941

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Personal Data Education Employment Awards and Honors Membership-Professional Organizations Publications Professional Interest Areas Major Contributions to Adult Education Additional Resources Interesting Facts References

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Personal Data

 

Born: July 5, 1880, Jacksonville, IL, oldest of six children.

Died: May 10, 1941. Claremont, CA of a heart attack 

Married: Esther Ward Kirk, April 30, 1907, Cook Co., IL

Children:  three daughters: Mary, Margaret, and Elizabeth.

Married: Persis Eastman Rowell in New York in 1915.   Divorced.  

Children: son named Everett Burnside Eastman, born about 1925

Married: Daphne Crane Drake in 1931

 

 

Education

 

B.S. Illinois College (graduated Cum Laude and delivered the Salutatory speech)

McCormick Theological Seminary (Chicago)

 

Employment

 

1906 - 1908 – Pastor, First Congregational Church, Lombard, IL.
1908 - 1911 – Pastor, People’s Church, Dixon, IL.
1911 - 1915 – Pastor, First Unitarian Church, Des Moines, IA.

1914 - 1915- Columnist for Des Moines' Register and Leader
1915 - 1917 – Editorial Writer, New York Globe.
1917 - 1922 – Assistant to the Acting Director and Secretary, People’s Institute of Cooper Union, New York.

1922 - 1934- Director of the People's Institute of Cooper Union, New York

1936 - N/A- Job Title NA, Clarement Colleges, Southern California

 

Awards and Honors

 

 

 

Membership-Professional Organizations

 

American Association for Adult Education

 

Publications

 

Martin, E. D. (1920). The behavior of crowds: a psychological study. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers.

 

Martin, E. D. (1925, January). The Mystery of Religion: A Study in Social Psychology. American Journal of Sociology, 30(4), 479 - 481.

 

Martin, E. D. (1926). The Meaning of a Liberal Education. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

 

Martin, E. D., & Hall, E. W. (1931, April). Liberty, 41(3), 381 - 386.

Martin, E. D. (1931, October 21). What I Believe. The Nation, 426 - 428.

 

 

Martin, E. D. (1932). The Conflict of the individual and the mass in the modern world. New York: H. Holt and Co.

 

Martin, E. D. (1935). Farewell to Revolution. New York: Norton.

 

Martin, E. D. (1937). Politeia and Daimon. Journal of Adult Education. 233-240.

 

 

 

Professional Interest Areas

 

Socialism, Religion, Adult Education, Journalism

 

Major Contributions to Adult Education

 

Architect of American Association for Adult Education

Lectures on Adult Education revolutionized the field

 

Additional Resources

Articles

 

Photo Gallery

 

 

Video/Audio

 

Presentations/Lectures

 

October 1911-1915: The Jesus Story: In the Light of the Science of Historical Criticism

 

October 1913: The Meaning of an Education in the Twentieth Century

 

Books

 

Interesting Facts

 

Martin stressed self-reliance, discipline, and the examined life as the most important objectives of adult education. 

 

Martin's divorce to his first wife while serving as a Minister caused controversy. He quit his job, and also lost his job as a journalist. He then moved to New York where he found work and married his second wife. This all took place in 1915.

 

His influences were William James and Carl Ludwig Nietzsche.

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References

 

Day, M. J., (1989). A Primary Source for Everett Dean Martin's Agenda for Adult Education. Retrieved from http://www-distance.syr.edu/day.html

 

Wolfekipedia. (2009, July 20). Everett Dean Martin. Retrieved from http://thementalmilitia.com/wiki/Everett_Dean_Martin