Benjamin Hallowell (educator)

Benjamin Hallowell
Benjamin Hallowell (c. 1850s)
President of
Maryland Agricultural College
In office
1859–1860
Personal details
Born August 17, 1799
Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Died September, 1877

Benjamin Hallowell (Educator) (August 17, 1799 – September 1877) was the first president of the Maryland Agricultural College.[1]

In November 1819, he started his first official teaching position at Fair Hill Boarding School in Montgomery County, Maryland.[2] In 1824, Hallowell opened a boarding school in Alexandria, Virginia.[3] His most famous student was Robert E. Lee who studied at the school for a month before entering West Point.[4]

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.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Callcott, George H. (1966). A History of the University of Maryland. Baltimore, Maryland: Garamond/Pridemark Press. pp. 54–67.
  2. ↑ Hallowell, Benjamin (1884). Autobiography of Benjamin Hallowell. Philadelphia, U.S.: Friends' Book Association. pp. 45–46.
  3. ↑ Hallowell, Benjamin (1884). Autobiography of Benjamin Hallowell. Philadelphia, U.S.: Friends' Book Association. p. 95.
  4. ↑ Hallowell, Benjamin (1884). Autobiography of Benjamin Hallowell. Philadelphia, U.S.: Friends' Book Association. p. 103.
  5. ↑ "Former President Benjamin Hallowell". University of Maryland Presidents 1859—Present. University of Maryland. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  6. ↑ Callcott, George H. (1966). A History of the University of Maryland. Baltimore, Maryland: Garamond/Pridemark Press. pp. 145–151.
Academic offices
Preceded by
No President		 President of the Maryland Agricultural College
1859 		Succeeded by
Charles Benedict Calvert (acting)