- Benjamin Abbot
Benjamin Abbot (
September 17 ,1762 -October 25 ,1849 ) was an American schoolteacher. His most significant work was his work as a teacher at thePhillips Exeter Academy .He was born in
Andover, Massachusetts , the son of one John Abbot. He enteredPhillips Academy , Andover in 1782, then enteredHarvard University , graduating in 1788. He married his first wife, Hannah Tracy Emery, in 1791. Later, in 1798, he married again, to Mary Perkins. He had four children.He was a teacher and the principal of the Phillips Exeter Academy, teaching such subjects as Latin, Greek, and mathematics.
His students included such prominent individuals as
Lewis Cass ,Daniel Webster ,Edward Everett ,Jared Sparks , andFrancis Bowen . Daniel Webster paid tribute to him at his retirement.He died in
Exeter, New Hampshire , in 1849.References
"Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896." Chicago, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.
External links
* [http://virtualology.com/benjaminabbot/ Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos. Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 ]
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