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Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 â August 2, 1859) was an American politician and educational reformer. A Whig devoted to promoting speedy modernization, he served in the Massachusetts State legislature (1827â37).
Most states adopted one version or another of the system he established in Massachusetts, especially the program for normal schools to train professional teachers. Mann has been credited by educational historians as the Father of the Common School Movement.