William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 – May 4, 1873) was an American college professor and president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers.

US educator who is remembered chiefly for his series of elementary school reading books popularly known as the McGuffey Readers.

William Holmes McGuffey, son of Alexander and Anna Holmes McGuffey, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on September 23, 1800.

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William Holmes McGuffey was a renowned American educator, author, and minister who made an indelible mark on the landscape of education.

McGuffey, author of the Eclectic Readers, was born in a one-room log home in West Finley Township on September 23, 1800.

Born in 1800 in Washington, Pennsylvania, William Holmes McGuffey worked as both a professor and a minister. His most well-known achievement is the creation ...

He became the fourth president of Ohio University in 1839 and president of the Woodward Free Grammar School in Cincinnati in 1843. He moved to Virginia in 1845 ...

William Holmes McGuffey who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1800. He spent his youth in that area and adjoining Ohio where he received a ...

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William Holmes McGuffey, (1800-1873), American author and educator, professor at Miami University (1826-1836) when the first eclectic readers were published.