Williams holmes mcguffey biography
William h mcguffey reader 1836 apush...
William holmes mcguffey accomplishments
William Holmes McGuffey
Early influential American educator
William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, – May 4, ) was an American college professor and president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, the first widely used series of elementary school-level textbooks.
More than million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold between and ,[1] placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary.[2]
Early years
William Holmes McGuffey, born September 23, , was the son of Alexander and Anna (Holmes) McGuffey near Claysville in West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, which is 45 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.[3][4]His family, who had strong opinions about education and religion, immigrated from Scotland to the United States in [5] In , the McGuffey family moved farther out into the frontier at Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
He attended country school, and after receiving special instructio
