William Henry Maxwell

William Henry Maxwell (March 5, 1852 – May 3, 1920)[1] was an American educator.

[2][1] Maxwell born near the village of Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, on March 5, 1852.

He comes from “an old Scotch family which settled in Ulster during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, his father, John Maxwell, being a Presbyterian clergyman.”[3] He was educated at the College of Belfast and Galway and at Queen's University, took his A.B.

In 1874 he emigrated to the United States; and from 1882 to 1898 he superintended the Brooklyn public schools.

[2] He was the author and editor of several textbooks for schools, and many of his short papers and addresses are printed in the proceedings of the N. E. A. and in educational magazines.