Charles Hanford Henderson was an American educator and author
Education
Born in Philadelphia, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1882. Was lecturer at the Franklin Institute 1883-1886. Professor of Physics and Chemistry in the Philadelphia Manual Training School 1889-1891, principal 1893-1895.
Doctor of Philosophy at Zurich in 1892.
Lecturer on education at Harvard 1897-1898. And director Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1898-1899.
Career
Professor Henderson was a major figure in the creation of educational camps for boys. He founded Camp Marienfeld a Summer Camp for Boys and was its headmaster for 17 years, and was headmaster of the Marienfeld Open-Air School at Samarcand, North Carolina, 1914-1916. Marienfeld; a pioneer among camps was established by Doctor Henderson in the summer of 1896 in Milford, Pennsylvania, and was moved to Chesham, New Hampshire in 1899 and operated into the 1950s.
lieutenant was a study camp for boys and stressed the educational program of the progressive camp.
Doctor Henderson was an early proponent of manual training and the Arts and Crafts movement in industry. He advocated redesigning the school to suit the nature and needs of the child.
Although Dewey grew greatly in stature, Henderson was highly regarded and spent his career implementing reform. He was a prolific author who wrote about progressive education, manual training for boys, the value of hand work and the benefits of summer camps.
Doctor Henderson"s reputation rests largely on his academic papers published in periodicals such as Popular Science, Harper"s Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly and the North American Review.
His books include: Elements of Physics (1900). Education and the Larger Life (1902). John Percyfield: The Anatomy of Cheerfulness (1903).
Children of Good Fortune (1905).
Lighted Lamp (1908); Pay-day (1911). What lieutenant Is to Be Educated (1914).
In retirement he designed and maintained a summer home in the Arts and Crafts style in the artist’s colony of Tryon, North Carolina. Henderson"s winter home was in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he died in 1941.