Benjamin Hallowell (educator)
Benjamin Hallowell | |
|---|---|
 Benjamin Hallowell (c. 1850s) | |
| President of Maryland Agricultural College | |
| In office 1859–1860 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 17, 1799 |
| Died | September 7, 1877 (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse cemetery |
| Spouse |
Margaret
(m. 1820; died 1876) |
| Relations | Arthur Briggs Farquhar (nephew) |
| Children | 3, including Caroline Hallowell Miller |
Benjamin Hallowell (August 17, 1799 – September 7, 1877) was the first president of the Maryland Agricultural College.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Benjamin Hallowell was born in 1799.[2] He went to school at the Westtown Boarding School.[2]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Hallowell met his wife Margaret, the sister of William Henry Farquhar, at Westtown School. They married around 1820 and she died in 1876.[2] Together, they had three children:[2]
- Henry C. Hallowell
- Caroline Hallowell Miller, wife of Francis Miller
- Benjamin Hallowell
He was friends with Henry Clay.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]In November 1819, he started his first official teaching position at Fair Hill Boarding School in Montgomery County, Maryland.[3] In 1824, Hallowell opened a boarding school in Alexandria, Virginia, where his nephew Arthur Briggs Farquhar would later attend.[4] His most famous student was Robert E. Lee who studied at the school for a month before entering West Point.[5]
Hallowell was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1854.[6]
On October 4, 1859 Hallowell was appointed as the first president of the Maryland Agricultural College. He would only accept the appointment on condition that the College not use slaves and he would not accept a salary. He helped to develop the College's curriculum, which included Ancient Languages, Modern Languages, Natural Sciences, English, and Mathematics. After one month of serving as the president, he resigned due to illness.[7][8]
Death
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Hallowell was buried at the Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse cemetery.[2]
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