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(ôl´k t, l–, –k t) (KEY) , 1799–1888, American educational and social reformer, b. near Wolcott, Conn., as Amos Bronson Alcox. His meager for...
(f rnouN´ m n´d sh p n´t ) (KEY) , c.1509–1583, Portuguese traveler. For some 20 years he traveled in Africa and Asia, journeying to far places a...
(b ng´ m) (KEY) , 1757–1817, American textbook writer, b. Salisbury, Conn. He taught until 1796, then became a bookseller and publisher in Boston. ...
1855–1934, American educator, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1875; M.A., 1882). As a teacher at Harvard he developed, with Barrett Wendell, a...
1837–1902, American educator, b. Bedford, N.H. At the age of 16 he began his first job as a teacher in New Hampshire. After serving with the Union a...
1607–38, chief founder of Harvard College, b. Southwark, England, M.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1635. He immigrated in 1637 to Charlestown, Mass...