Henry Stratton

1824 (age 43)

Amherst, Ohio , United States

Along with his brothers-in-law, John Collins Bryant, and Henry Beadman Bryant, Stratton graduated from Folsom Business College in Cleveland, Ohio. The trio later purchased the school from the owner, Ezekiel G. Folsom, who founded his school in 1848. Bryant & Stratton College was officially organized in 1854 to provide practical workplace education, and was formerly known as Bryant and Stratton Business Institute. In addition to purchasing the Cleveland school, Bryant and Stratton established a number of business schools that operated under the name of Bryant & Stratton & Company"s chain of International Commercial Colleges in most major United States cities. By 1864 as many as 50 schools existed. Stratton died on February 20, 1867 in New York City.

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Henry Dwight Stratton was born on August 24, 1824 in Amherst, Ohio and attended the public schools in Amherst and then attended Oberlin College.

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Along with his brothers-in-law, John Collins Bryant, and Henry Beadman Bryant, Stratton graduated from Folsom Business College in Cleveland, Ohio. The trio later purchased the school from the owner, Ezekiel G. Folsom, who founded his school in 1848. Bryant & Stratton College was officially organized in 1854 to provide practical workplace education, and was formerly known as Bryant and Stratton Business Institute.

In addition to purchasing the Cleveland school, Bryant and Stratton established a number of business schools that operated under the name of Bryant & Stratton & Company"s chain of International Commercial Colleges in most major United States cities.

By 1864 as many as 50 schools existed. Stratton died on February 20, 1867 in New York City.

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