Archibald Gamble (1740–1784) was an Irish educator. Archibald Gamble was born to Sally Montgomery and Joseph Gamble near Banbridge, Ireland. Gamble spent some of his childhood in America and returned in 1768 to attend the

College of Philadelphia The Academy and College of Philadelphia (1749-1791) was a boys' school and men's college in Philadelphia, Colony of Pennsylvania. Founded in 1749 by a group of local notables that included Benjamin Franklin, the Academy of Philadelphia began as ...

. While studying for his bachelor's degree, he worked as a Latin tutor. He graduated in 1771 and the following year received a master's degree from the College of New Jersey. During the Revolutionary War, Gamble worked as an engineer under Major General Benjamin Lincoln and took part in the Siege of Charleston in South Carolina. In 1777, he married Mary Lisle, daughter of John Lisle of Philadelphia. Together they had four children: Sarah, Nancy, Archibald, and Thomas. Gamble returned to the University of Pennsylvania in 1782 as a professor of oratory and English language, a position which he held until he died in 1784. That same year, he was elected as a member of the

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. He is buried at the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

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