Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Alden Partridge

Alden Partridge (1785-1854)

Alden Partridge (1785-1854)

Alden Partridge, (February 12, 1785 - January 17, 1854) was an American author, legislator, officer, surveyor, an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and a controversial pioneer in U.S. military education, emphasizing physical fitness training, advocating the concept of citizen soldier and establishing a series of private military academies throughout the country, including Norwich University.



[The Psychology Of Nations]

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