Samuel Read Hall

October 27, 1795 (age 81)

Croydon, New Hampshire , United States

When he was three years old, his family moved to Guildhall, Vermont. In 1814, he was employed as a teacher in Rumford, Maine. 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, located in Concord, Vermont, until 1830. He helped found the American Institute of Instruction in 1829, the oldest educational association in the United States. In 1830, he accepted the invitation to lead the newly formed English Academy & Teachers Seminary, part of Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts. From 1837 to 1840, he ran a teachers" seminary in Plymouth, New Hampshire. At an academy in Craftsbury, Vermont, he then established a teacher"s department, which he ran until 1846. He served as pastor in Brownington and Granby, Vermont from 1846 to 1875. He died in Brownington, Vermont, and is buried in Pleasant View Cemetery. The house in which he lived in Brownington from 1856 to 1877 is now part of the Brownington Village Historic District. He recommended that children studying geography, first study their local surroundings and progressively expand outwards to town, state, country, then world. In his Lectures on School Keeping, he points out significant obstacles to the instruction of children in the American schools of 1829: Lack of simple display media such as a globe of the world. (He is credited with inventing the blackboard, and the blackboard eraser) Political factions within the school district, at war with each other at the expense of educational progress. Schools exact no moral influence, in turn becoming a school for bad behavior. Poorly qualified teachers. Poor remuneration of qualified teachers. Poor quality of textbooks, or lack of fitness for learning capacity of student.

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Background

Hall, Samuel Read was born on October 27, 1795 in Croydon, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Samuel Read and Elizabeth (Hall) Hall.

Education

Samuel was home-schooled and never attended a college. He studied to become a minister in Meriden, New Hampshire, and gained his license in 1823.

Career

When he was three years old, his family moved to Guildhall, Vermont. In 1814, he was employed as a teacher in Rumford, Maine. 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, located in Concord, Vermont, until 1830.

He helped found the American Institute of Instruction in 1829, the oldest educational association in the United States. In 1830, he accepted the invitation to lead the newly formed English Academy & Teachers Seminary, part of Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts. From 1837 to 1840, he ran a teachers" seminary in Plymouth, New Hampshire.

At an academy in Craftsbury, Vermont, he then established a teacher"s department, which he ran until 1846. He served as pastor in Brownington and Granby, Vermont from 1846 to 1875.

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

The house in which he lived in Brownington from 1856 to 1877 is now part of the Brownington Village Historic District. He recommended that children studying geography, first study their local surroundings and progressively expand outwards to town, state, country, then world. In his Lectures on School Keeping, he points out significant obstacles to the instruction of children in the American schools of 1829: Lack of simple display media such as a globe of the world.

(He is credited with inventing the blackboard, and the blackboard eraser) Political factions within the school district, at war with each other at the expense of educational progress.

Schools exact no moral influence, in turn becoming a school for bad behavior. Poorly qualified teachers.

Poor remuneration of qualified teachers. Poor quality of textbooks, or lack of fitness for learning capacity of student.

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Samuel Read Hall has been listed as a noteworthy educator, clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

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Married Mary Dascomb, June 17, 1823. Married second, Mary Holt, June 6, 1837.

Father:: Samuel Read Hall
Mother:: Elizabeth (Hall) Hall
Spouse:: Mary Holt
Spouse:: Mary Dascomb

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