This handbook presents a durable, comprehensive, and up-to-date resource covering the seminal thinkers in education of past and present. Each entry will capture the professional background of a legendary thinker and presents their key insights, new thinking, and major legacies to the field of education. Carefully brought together to present a balance of gender and geographical contexts as well as areas of thought and work in the broad field of education, this handbook provides a unique history and overview of figures who have shaped education and educational thinking throughout the world. 

Brett A. Geier is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology in the College of Education and Human Development at Western Michigan University, USA. Geier serves on the board of editors for several scholarly journals and is a regular presenter at national and state conferences such as the Education Law Association, National Education Finance Academy and the Michigan Academy of Arts and Sciences.