Английская Википедия:Ellis A. Davidson

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Шаблон:Infobox writer Ellis Abraham Davidson (1828 – 9 March 1878) was a British writer and educationalist. He is considered a pioneer in the teaching of techniques for art study.Шаблон:RШаблон:R He was also well known as an art lecturer.Шаблон:R

Biography

Ellis A. Davidson was born to a Jewish family in Hull, but at the age of ten moved to London, where his father worked as a chiropodist.Шаблон:R

He attended the London School of Design and the School of Art in South Kensington,Шаблон:R and was one of the first teachers sent into the provinces by the Science and Art Department to establish schools of art. For several years he taught at the Government School of Arts and Crafts in Chester.Шаблон:R

In 1866 Davidson was appointed principal art master of the City Middle Class School, a position which he resigned after six years in order to devote himself more completely to his literary career.Шаблон:R As a lecturer, he delivered talks to such organisations as the Teachers' Training Association, the Horological Society, the Grenadier Guards, the London Mechanics' Institute, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and Jews' College.Шаблон:RШаблон:R He also produced a series of models for class teaching of drawing, which were used in government and other schools.Шаблон:R

Davidson took an active interest in several communal movements, especially those intended to promote the intellectual development of the adult members of the Jewish industrial classes. He was a committee member for the Association for Providing Free Lectures to Jewish Working Men and Their Families, the Society of Hebrew Literature, the Jewish Association for the Diffusion of Religious Knowledge, and other institutions.Шаблон:R

Partial bibliography

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References

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