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Caleb Bingham
American educator
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- Born:
- April 15, 1757, Salisbury, Conn. [U.S.]
- Died:
- April 6, 1817, Boston, Mass., U.S. (aged 59)
Caleb Bingham (born April 15, 1757, Salisbury, Conn. [U.S.]—died April 6, 1817, Boston, Mass., U.S.) was an American educator, textbook author, and bookseller during the four decades following the American Revolution. Bingham was educated at local schools before entering Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. He graduated in 1782 and took the position of master at Moor’s Indian Charity School. In 1784 he moved to Boston in order to establish a school for girls, in which he departed from the standard educational fare for schoolgirls—i.e., penmanship and writing. Bingham’s instruction included arithmetic, grammar, spelling, and reading, and his school attracted the ...(100 of 314 words)