Garforth, Francis William

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GARFORTH, Francis William

GARFORTH, Francis William. British, b. 1917. Genres: Education, Philosophy. Career: Teacher, St. George's Sch., Harpenden, Herts., 1939-45, and Bristol Grammar Sch., 1945-49; Sr. Lectr., Dept. of Education, Univ. of Hull, 1949-84. Publications: Education and Social Purpose, 1962; (ed.) Locke's Thoughts Concerning Education, 1964; (ed.) John Locke's Of the Conduct of the Understanding, 1966; (ed.) John Dewey: Selected Educational Writings, 1966; (ed.) Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica; A Selection, 1967; (ed.) Education for the Seventies, 1969; (ed.) John Stuart Mill on Education, 1971; The Scope of Philosophy, 1971; John Stuart Mill's Theory of Education, 1979; Educative Democracy: John Stuart Mill on Education in Society, 1980; Aims, Values, and Education, 1985; Travelling along with Methodism, 1990. Died 2000.