After the war, Archibald became the proprietor of a successful tobacco shop, affording the family a comfortable life and financial stability. Dewey’s father was known to share his passion for British literature with his offspring. His father, a merchant, left his grocery business to become a Union Army soldier in the Civil War. Dewey’s mother, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, was a devout Calvinist. He was the third of the couple’s four sons, one of whom died as an infant. Early Lifeĭewey was born on October 20, 1859, to Archibald Dewey and Lucina Artemisia Rich in Burlington, Vermont. Dewey published over 1,000 pieces of writings during his lifetime. In 1919 he co-founded The New School for Social Research. An academic philosopher and proponent of educational reform, in 1894 Dewey started an experimental elementary school. John Dewey taught at universities from 1884 to 1930.
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