Historical Images Collection
| Ref. No. | P001-GA009-1 |
| Subject | Fred Washington Atkinson |
| Location | Brooklyn, New York |
| Date | 1923 |
| Caption | Fred Washington Atkinson |
| Notes | He was born in 1865 in Reading, Massachusetts. A. B. Harvard University, 1890; Ph.D., University of Leipzig, 1893; Head of Science Department, Westfield, Mass., High School; University of Berlin, 1891; University of Halle, 1892; Universities of Jena and Sorbornne, 1893-1894; Principal, Springfield, Mass., High School, 1894-1900; General Superintendent of Education, Philippine Islands, 1900-1903; Superintendent of Schools, Newton, Mass., 1904-1904; President, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, NY, beginning in 1904; Member, Board of Education, New York City, 1916-1918; author of The Philippine Islands. |