Benjamin Finkel was a mathematician and educator most remembered today as the founder of the journal, American Mathematical Monthly

American Mathematical Monthly

The American Mathematical Monthly is a mathematical journal founded by Benjamin Finkel in 1894. It is currently published 10 times each year by the Mathematical Association of America....

. Born in Fairfield County

Fairfield County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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 and educated in small country schools, Finkel received both a BS and MA from Ohio Northern University

Ohio Northern University

Ohio Northern University is a private, United Methodist Church-affiliated university located in the United States in Ada, Ohio, founded by Henry Solomon Lehr in 1871. ONU is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. ONU is a sister...

 (1888 and 1891, respectively). In 1895 he became professor of mathematics and physics at Drury College

Drury University

Drury University is a private liberal arts college in Springfield, Missouri.The university enrolls about 1,550 undergraduates, over 2,000 adult part-time undergraduates and around 400 graduate students in six master's programs...

, where he remained until his death in 1947.