Noble, M. C. S. (Marcus Cicero Stephens), 1855-1942

M.C.S. Noble was an educator and leader in the development of public schools in North Carolina; superintendent of schools in Wilmington, N.C.; member of the University of North Carolina faculty, 1898-1942, as professor of education and dean of the School of Education; and author of History of Public Schools in North Carolina (1930) and of numerous articles and textbooks.

From the guide to the M.C.S. Noble Papers, 1860-1971, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

...