William Holmes McGuffey U.S. educator William Holmes McGuffey. (n.d.). Retrieved October 02, 2016, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Holmes-McGuffey
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Birth
born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. -
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Educator
Began teaching in the Ohio Frontier Schools at age 14, while continuing his own education. -
faculty member
During his time as a faculty member in Oxford ,Ohio, he took great interest in public education and assisted the teachers at the local elementary schools. He did this for 10 years. -
Contracted
In 1835 McGuffey contracted with the Cincinnati publishers Truman and Smith to compile a schoolbook offering basic lessons on many subjects, a spelling book, and four school readers- the first and second of which were published in 1836 and the third and fourth in 1837. A fifth appeared in 1844 and a sixth reader was added in 1879. -
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President
president of Cincinnati College (1836-39) and Ohio University (1839-43). He was also founder of the common school system of Ohio. -
Death
died in Charlottesville, Virginia. -
Standard
McGuffey's books became standard texts in nearly all states,eclipsing all rival textbooks for half a century and reaching a reputed total sale of more than 122 million copies by 1925.
