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The Lyceum (Ancient Greek: Λύκειον, romanized: Lykeion) was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus ("Apollo the wolf-god" [1]). It was best known for the Peripatetic school of philosophy founded there by Aristotle in 334 BC.
The first American lyceum, "Millbury Branch Number 1 of the American Lyceum," was founded by Josiah Holbrook in 1826.Holbrook was a traveling lecturer and teacher who believed that education was a lifelong experience, and intended to create a National American Lyceum organization that would oversee this method of teaching.
The first Lyceum in Riga was founded in 1675 by the king Charles XI of Sweden (in Latin, Schola Carolina), and was renamed to the Imperial Lyceum of Riga (in German, Kaiserliches Lyceum zu Riga) in 1733. In September 1921, the Riga French Lycée, an upper secondary school supported by the Government of France was founded in Riga.
Josiah Holbrook (June 17, 1788 – June 20, 1854) was the initiator and organizer of the lyceum movement in the United States. He formed the first industrial school in the country in 1819, organized the first lyceum school in the country in 1826 and inspired the foundation of the American Lyceum Association, the first national education association.
The Peripatetic school (Ancient Greek: Περίπατος lit. ' walkway ') was a philosophical school founded in 335 BC by Aristotle in the Lyceum in ancient Athens.It was an informal institution whose members conducted philosophical and scientific inquiries.
Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address was delivered to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois on January 27, 1838, titled "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In his speech, a 28-year-old Lincoln warned that mobs or people who disrespected U.S. laws and courts could destroy the United States.
Lyceum is a synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) software which allows groups of people to speak to one another in real time over the Internet using Voice over IP conferencing. Lyceum was developed at the Open University in the UK and was introduced into language tutorials in 2002.
In 2020, longtime Lyceum assistant coach Jeff Perlas replaced Topex Robinson as the new head coach of the Lyceum Pirates [20] after the latter was promoted to interim head coach, and then full-time head coach of the Phoenix Fuel Masters in the PBA. [21] [22] Topex Robinson, however, will remain to Lyceum as a team consultant. [23]