Gorham Stupid Abbott
Gorham Dummer Abbott (born September 3, 1807 in Hallowell , Maine , † August 3, 1874 in Natick , Massachusetts ) was an American pastor , educator and author .
Life
Gorham Dummer Abbott was born in 1807 to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. In 1826 he graduated from Bowdoin College and later attended Andover Theological Seminary . From 1831, together with his brother Jacob Abbott, he led the Mount Vernon School for girls in Boston . However, he left school in 1833 and married Rebecca S. Leach on February 11, 1834.
It was 1837 in the Presbyterian Church appointed minister and served from 1837 to 1841 as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of New Rochelle in the state of New York . From 1841 he served with the literary department of the American Tract Society . He served the department until 1843 when he moved to New York City to start a new girls' school . He took 40 of the students from this school with him to the Spingler Institute for Girls in New York City, which he had newly founded and which had received important donations from Americans and Europeans since 1870. Abbott also had a significant influence on Matthew Vassar on the issue of women's education. In 1870 he retired to Natick, Massachusetts, where he finally died in 1874.
Web links
- biography
- Literature by and about Gorham Dummer Abbott in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abbott, Gorham stupid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pastor, educator, and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hallowell , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 1874 |
| Place of death | Natick , United States |