Ebenezer Bailey ( – ) was an American educator.
Ebenezer Bailey was born on in
West Newbury, Massachusetts
West Newbury is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Situated on the Merrimack River, its population was 4,500 at the 2020 census.
History
Originally inhabited by Agawam or Naumkeag peoples, West Newbury was settled by En ...
. He graduated from
Yale College
Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...
in 1817, after which he taught school, and also entered his name as a law student. Afterward he became a tutor in Virginia, but in 1819 returned to
Newburyport
Newburyport is a coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, northeast of Boston. The population was 18,289 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport with vibrant tourism industry, Newburyport includes part of Plum Island. The mo ...
, and there opened a private school for young ladies. In 1823 he was appointed master of the Franklin Grammar School for Boys, and in 1825 teacher of the High School for Girls of Boston for girls. This school proved unsuccessful, and
Josiah Quincy, then mayor, pronounced it an entire failure. Bailey at once replied with vigor in a ''Review of the Mayor's Report upon the High School for Girls'' (Boston, 1828). Subsequently he had charge of the Young Ladies High School in Boston, and in 1830 was active in the establishment of the
American Institute of Instruction, afterward filling various offices in that body. In 1838 he established a boys' school at
Roxbury Roxbury may refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Roxbury, Nova Scotia
* Roxbury, Prince Edward Island
;United States
* Roxbury, Connecticut
* Roxbury, Kansas
* Roxbury, Maine
* Roxbury, Boston, a municipality that was later integrated into the city of Bosto ...
, which, in 1839, was moved to
Lynn
Lynn may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Lynn (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Lynn (surname)
* The Lynns, a 1990s American country music duo consisting of twin sisters Peggy and Patsy Lynn
* Lynn ( ...
. Bailey was the successful competitor for the prize ode delivered at the Boston theatre in commemoration of
George Washington's death. Afterward he was on several occasions poet at the
Phi Beta Kappa
The Phi Beta Kappa Society () is the oldest academic honor society in the United States, and the most prestigious, due in part to its long history and academic selectivity. Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal a ...
anniversaries of Yale. Bailey was at various times a member of the city council of Boston, director of the Home of Reform, president of the
Boston Lyceum, and director of the
Boston Mechanics Institute
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most po ...
. He was a frequent contributor to the
Boston ''Courier'' and other periodicals, and edited ''The Young Ladies' Class-Boo''k (Boston, 1831); ''Blakewell's Philosophical Conversations'' (1832); and ''First Lessons on Algebra'' (1833).
Ebenezer Bailey died on 5 August 1839 in Lynn.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bailey,
Created via preloaddraft
1795 births
1839 deaths
Yale College alumni
American educators