John Saxon (educator)
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John H. Saxon Jr. was a U.S.
air officer
and educator. He was born in Georgia and graduated from high school in Athens, Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1949 and his master's degree in electrical engineering in 1961. Saxon flew 55 missions in a B-26 Night Intruder during the Korean War
. After the war, he wrote or co-wrote a series of nine mathematics textbooks for kindergarten through high school which use an incremental teaching method often called "Saxon math". His books have gained popularity among certain traditionally-oriented groups of homeschoolers
and private school
s, but are also used in a number of public schools. While editing a calculus book in October 1996 with mathematician R. Abraham Edwards, Saxon died due to a complicated illness.
United States
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air officer
Officer (armed forces)
An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...
and educator. He was born in Georgia and graduated from high school in Athens, Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1949 and his master's degree in electrical engineering in 1961. Saxon flew 55 missions in a B-26 Night Intruder during the Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
. After the war, he wrote or co-wrote a series of nine mathematics textbooks for kindergarten through high school which use an incremental teaching method often called "Saxon math". His books have gained popularity among certain traditionally-oriented groups of homeschoolers
Homeschooling
Homeschooling or homeschool is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school...
and private school
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
s, but are also used in a number of public schools. While editing a calculus book in October 1996 with mathematician R. Abraham Edwards, Saxon died due to a complicated illness.