Benjamin Jepson

Benjamin Jepson (1832 – 1914) was one of the first primary school music teachers in the United States, and introduced music to the public schools of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1865.^[1] The Benjamin Jepson Interdistrict Magnet School^[2] and the Jepson School^[3] are named after him.

References

Birge, Edward Bailey (2007). History of Public School Music - In the United States. ISBN 1406756172.
New Haven Independent
Jepson School

Notes

^ Birge, pg. 65, citing Francis M. Dickey's The Early History of Public School Music in the United States
^ New Haven Independent
^ Jepson School

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Name	Jepson, Benjamin
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Date of birth	1832
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Date of death	1914
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