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Bio
The Michigan Alumnus 84-91
Frederick Stephen Breed, now Assistant Professor of Education in the University, was born in Clarion County, Pa., July 12, 1876. His early education was received in the high school of Butler, Pa., from which he was graduated in 1895. Three years later he received his Bachelor's degree from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.
After three years' experience as a high school principal, he became Supervisor of Schools at Vandergrift, Pa., a position which he held for three years. He then entered Harvard University for graduate work, receiving his Master's degree in 1905. The fol lowing two years, 1905 to 1907, were spent as principal of the Allegheny College Preparatory School. He then returned to Harvard, taking up his graduate studies and receiving his Doctorate in 1909. During this time he was also assistant in philosophy at Harvard, remaining there in the same capacity during the second semester of the year 1909-1910. He was abroad also during this period, studying in Berlin on the Christopher M. Weld Fellowship of Harvard Univer sity. He has in preparation a mono graph on "Inheritance and Acquisi tion." He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.