Henry Sabin
{{Short description|American educator (1829–1918)}}
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| birth_place = Pomfret, Connecticut
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| death_place = Chula Vista, California
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| education = Amherst College
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Henry Sabin (October 23, 1829 – March 22, 1918) was an Iowa educator.
Biography
Henry Sabin was born in Pomfret, Connecticut on October 23, 1829.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GLgyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA228 |title=History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century |volume=IV |first=Benjamin F. |last=Gue |publisher=The Century History Company |location=New York City |page=228 |year=1903 |access-date=2020-08-09 |via=Google Books}} He entered Amherst College and graduated in 1852. He was a superintendent of public schools and a member of the State Teachers' Association. As a Republican nominee, he served as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1887 to 1892, and again from 1893 until his retirement in 1898.
He was the father of writer Edwin L. Sabin.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57049684/henry-sabin-former-state-educator-dead/ |title=Henry Sabin, Former State Educator, Dead |newspaper=Des Moines Tribune |page=5 |date=1918-03-23 |access-date=2020-08-09 |via=Newspapers.com}}
He died at his home in Chula Vista, California on March 22, 1918.
Schools named for Henry Sabin
At least two schools have been named for Henry Sabin:
References
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- Engelhardt, Carroll. "Henry Sabin (1829 - 1918)." The Annal of Iowa 48 (1987), 388 - 412.
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Category:Amherst College alumni
Category:Iowa superintendents of public instruction
Category:People from Pomfret, Connecticut
Category:19th-century American educators