Practical Lectures on Parental Responsibility and the Religious Education of Children.

HALL, S. R. [Samuel Read] (1795-1877):

Published by Boston: Peirce & Parker, 1833., 1833

About this Item

vi, 13-176 pp. Original plum cloth, small 8vo, printed paper spine label (a bit worn). Slightly foxed, else Very Good. Hall '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. . . . The library at Lyndon State College is named after him. . . . The Samuel Read Hall Residence Hall at Plymouth State University is named after him' (Wikipedia).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Practical Lectures on Parental Responsibility and the Religious Education of Children.
• Publisher: Boston: Peirce & Parker, 1833.
• Publication Date: 1833
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket