Joseph Hale Abbot
Joseph Hale Abbot (born September 26, 1802 in Wilton , New Hampshire , † April 7, 1873 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) was an American scholar and teacher.
Joseph Hale Abbot was the son of Ezra Abbot and Rebekah Hale, a niece of Nathan Hale .
Abbot graduated from Bowdoin College in 1822, where he also became a modern language tutor and librarian in 1825 . From 1827 to 1833 he was Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy and Teacher of Modern Languages at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter , New Hampshire . He then taught with great general recognition until 1859 at a girls' school in Boston . From 1861 to 1867 he was the high school director in Beverly , Massachusetts .
In 1838 Abbot was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , of which he was secretary from 1850 to 1852. Abbot himself published among other things on issues of pneumatics and hydraulics . In the controversy between Charles Thomas Jackson and William Thomas Green Morton over the right of priority for ether anesthesia , Abbot sided with Jackson. Abbot contributed numerous entries to scientific terms for Joseph Emerson Worcester's English dictionary between 1859 and 1869. From 1867 he lived in Boston, where he gave private lessons and devoted himself to his scientific research.
Abbot's health and mental health deteriorated rapidly from 1872 onwards. He died on April 7, 1873, at one of his daughters' homes in Cambridge , Massachusetts . His grave is in the Beverly , Massachusetts Central Cemetery . Joseph Hale Abbot was married to Fanny Larcom (1807-1883). The couple had seven children, including the officer and pioneer Henry Larcom Abbot (1831-1927).
literature
- Joseph Hale Abbot. In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Volume 9, 1873/74, pp. 238-240.
- Joseph Hale Abbot. In: Francis Ellingwood Abbot: History of the Town of Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, with a Genealogical Register by Abiel Abbot Livermore and Sewall Putnam. (PDF, 30.1 MB) Lowell, Mass .: Marden and Rowell, 1888. pp. 293-295.
- Abbot, Joseph Hale. In: Appletons' cyclopaedia of American biography. 1888.
- Abbot, Joseph Hale. In: Herringshaw's national library of American biography. 1909-14.
Web links
- Joseph Hale Abbot in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 9, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter A. (PDF; 945 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved September 9, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abbot, Joseph Hale |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilton , New Hampshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1873 |
| Place of death | Cambridge , Massachusetts |