Thomas Sherwin

Thomas Sherwin (born March 26, 1799 in Westmoreland , New Hampshire , † July 23, 1869 in Dedham , Massachusetts , near Boston ) was an American teacher and principal.

Sherwin grew up on a farm in Temple , New Hampshire, and was trained as a young man in a textile mill in Groton , Massachusetts. He earned his living with various jobs in order to ultimately study at Harvard University (graduation in 1825). Sherwin then worked as a teacher and tutor at various school and university institutions and as an engineer for Loammi Baldwin, Jr. , before becoming assistant principal in 1828 and principal of Boston English High School in 1838 , an institution that was considered a model at the time. Sherwin held this position until his death.

Thomas Sherwin was among the founders of the American Institute of Instruction (1830), whose presidency he held in 1853/54, the Massachusetts State Teachers' Association , of which he was third president, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . In 1836 Sherwin was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Sherwin published several papers on algebra . He had been married to Mary King Gibbons since 1836 and the couple had three sons.

literature

• Sherwin, Thomas, LL.D. In: FS Drake: Dictionary of American Biography. 1870.
• Sherwin, Thomas. In: Biographical encyclopaedia of Massachusetts. 1879.
• Sherwin, Thomas. In: Appletons' cyclopaedia of American biography. 1888.
• Sherwin, Thomas. In: The National cyclopaedia of American biography. 1898.
• Sherwin, Thomas. In: JS Chamberlain: Universities and their sons. 1899.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter S. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved December 15, 2017 .