Angelo Patri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Angelo Patri

Italian educator

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1876

Place of Birth: Piaggine, Campania, Italy

Date of Death: 13-Sep-1965

Profession: teacher

Nationality: United States, Italy

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Angelo Patri (November 26, 1876 – September 13, 1965) was an Italian-American author and educator. His real surname was Petraglia, and he was born in Piaggine (Salerno province) of south-western Italy.
Patri came to the United States when he was five.
He gained a B.A.
at the College of the City of New York in 1897, and an M.A.
at Columbia University in 1904.
A schoolteacher in New York from 1898 to 1908, he may have been the first Italian-born American to become a school principal in the United States.
In attempting to engage the student with tasks that went beyond book learning, he was influenced by the writings of John Dewey.
From 1908 to 1913 he was principal of Public School No.
4, and in 1913 he became principal of Public School 45, Bronx, New York.
He wrote a syndicated column, "Our Children", on child psychology, for newspapers and magazines. The Angelo Patri Middle School is named in his honor.