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Farnham, George Loomis

educator, author, was born Jan. 9, 1824, in Richfield, N. Y. He has been eminently successful as a teacher and principal in female seminaries and public schools. He has been superintendent of schools in Syracuse, N. Y.; Binghamton, N. Y.; Council Bluffs, Iowa; and for ten years was principal of the Nebraska State Normal schools. In 1857 he was president of the New York State Teachers' association; and in 1886 was president of the Nebraska State Teachers' association. He is the author of The Thought and Sentence Method of Teaching, which he considers his most important work in educational lines. The system was first developed and applied during 1871-75 in the schools of Binghamton; and it has since received recognition and endorsement by the leading educators in America.