William Holmes McGuffey
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1800 – 1873
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Who was William Holmes McGuffey?
William Holmes McGuffey was an American professor and college president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, one of America's first and most widely used series of textbooks. It is estimated that at least 122 million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary.
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- Born
- Sep 23, 1800
Claysville - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Washington & Jefferson College
- Employment
- Miami University
- Lived in
- Youngstown
- Charlottesville
- Died
- May 4, 1873
Charlottesville
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on July 23, 2013
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