title: The History of Western Education
text: # The History of Western Education
  
  The History of Western Education is a 1921 book by a Scottish educator William Boyd, head of the Department of Education at Glasgow University in the first half of the 20th century.
  
  The work has been described as a "immensely successful" and "classic", and received ten editions between 1921 and 1972.
  
  The 4th edition has been described as having "established itself as a standard work in the field of educational history".
  
  The 7th edition has been expanded b Edmund J. King.
  
  