Ezekiel Cheever
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1614 – 1708
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Who was Ezekiel Cheever?
Ezekiel Cheever was a schoolmaster, and the author of "probably the earliest American school book", Accidence, A Short Introduction to the Latin Tongue. Upon his death, it was said that "New England [had] never known a better teacher." He has been called "the chief representative of the colonial schoolmaster".
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- Born
- Jan 25, 1614
London - Education
- Christ's Hospital
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- Aug 21, 1708
Boston
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on July 23, 2013
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