Samuel Read Hall

Samuel Read Hall

Samuel Read Hall (October 27, 1795 – June 24, 1877) was an American educator.

He was born in Croydon, New Hampshire, the son of a clergyman. When he was only three years old, his family moved to Guildhall, Vermont. Samuel was home schooled and never attended a a college. In 1814 be was employed as a teacher in Rumford, Maine. He studied to become a minister in Meriden, New Hampshire and gained his license in 1823. He became the principal at an academy in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1822.

In 1823 he started the first school in the United States for the instruction of teachers, and he ran the institution until 1830. He helped found the American Institute of Instruction in 1829, the oldest educational association in the U.S. A year later he joined the Phillips Andover academy, serving as principal of their English department. From 1837–40 he ran a teacher's seminary in Plymouth, New Hampshire. At an academy in Craftsbury, Vermont, he then established a teacher's department, which he ran until 1846.

He died in Brownington, Vermont and is buried in Pleasant View Cemetery.

Awards and honors

* The library at Lyndon State College is named after him.
* The Samuel Read Hall Residence Hall at Plymouth State University is named after him.

Partial bibliography

* "Instructor's Manual, or Lectures on School Keeping", Boston, 1829.
* "Lectures to Female Teachers on School-keeping", Boston, 1832.
* "Lectures to School-Masters on Teaching", Boston, 1833.
* "The Arithmetical Manual", Andover, 1832.
* "The Child's Assistant to a Knowledge of the Geography and History of Vermont", Vermont, 1827.

References

*cite web
year=2006
url=http://community.lyndonstate.edu/library/AboutUs/TheHistory/SamuelReadHall/tabid/238/Default.aspx
title=Samuel Read Hall
publisher=Lyndon State College
accessdate=2008-03-24

External links

*cite web
first=George Nelson | last=Torrey | date=April 1, 2005
url=http://melrosemirror.media.mit.edu/servlet/pluto?state=303034706167653030375765625061676530303269643030353130353631
title=An early Yankee Educator
publisher=Melrose Mirror
accessdate=2008-03-24


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