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| Born | September 26, 1802
 Wilton |
| Died | April 7, 1873
(aged 70) Cambridge |
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Francis Ellingwood Abbot,
Henry Larcom Abbot
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Joseph Hale Abbot (September 26, 1802 – April 7, 1873) was an American educator, inventor, and science writer.
Background
Joseph Hale Abbot was born on September 26, 1802 in Wilton, New Hampshire. [1] He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1822, was tutor there in 1825-1827, and from 1827 to 1833 was a professor of mathematics and teacher of modern languages at Phillips Exeter Academy. He then taught at a school for young women in Boston, and subsequently became principal of the high school in Beverly, Mass. [2]
Science writing
Abbott was a member, and for several years recording secretary, of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, to whose Transactions he contributed numerous scientific papers. [3] He paid much attention to the solving of pneumatic and hydraulic problems, and published ingenious and original speculations on these subjects.
In the " Ether Controversy" he was an advocate of the claims of Charles Thomas Jackson, that he discovered the anesthetic effects of ether. [4] He also was associated with Joseph Emerson Worcester in the preparation of his English Dictionary, and furnished many of the scientific definitions. [2]
Death
Joseph Hale Abbot died on April 7, 1873 in Beverly, Massachusetts, where he was also buried.
References
- ^ Joseph Hale Abbot. In: Francis Ellingwood Abbot: History of the Town of Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, with a Genealogical Register by Abiel Abbot Livermore and Sewall Putnam. Lowell, Mass.: Marden and Rowell, 1888. S. 293–295.
- ^ a b Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 1. New York: D. Appleton. p. 4.
- ^ Joseph Hale Abbot. In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Band 9, 1873/74, S. 238–240.
- ^ Abbot, Joseph Hall "Principles recognized by scientific men applied to the ether controversy" Littell's Living Age No. 214 (1848) p. 565-569
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Joseph Hale Abbot | |
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| Born | September 26, 1802
Wilton |
| Died | April 7, 1873
(aged 70) Cambridge |
| Alma mater | |
| Children |
Francis Ellingwood Abbot,
Henry Larcom Abbot
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| Parent(s) |
|
| Awards |
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| This article needs additional citations for
verification. (March 2024) |
Joseph Hale Abbot (September 26, 1802 – April 7, 1873) was an American educator, inventor, and science writer.
Background
Joseph Hale Abbot was born on September 26, 1802 in Wilton, New Hampshire. [1] He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1822, was tutor there in 1825-1827, and from 1827 to 1833 was a professor of mathematics and teacher of modern languages at Phillips Exeter Academy. He then taught at a school for young women in Boston, and subsequently became principal of the high school in Beverly, Mass. [2]
Science writing
Abbott was a member, and for several years recording secretary, of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, to whose Transactions he contributed numerous scientific papers. [3] He paid much attention to the solving of pneumatic and hydraulic problems, and published ingenious and original speculations on these subjects.
In the " Ether Controversy" he was an advocate of the claims of Charles Thomas Jackson, that he discovered the anesthetic effects of ether. [4] He also was associated with Joseph Emerson Worcester in the preparation of his English Dictionary, and furnished many of the scientific definitions. [2]
Death
Joseph Hale Abbot died on April 7, 1873 in Beverly, Massachusetts, where he was also buried.
References
- ^ Joseph Hale Abbot. In: Francis Ellingwood Abbot: History of the Town of Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, with a Genealogical Register by Abiel Abbot Livermore and Sewall Putnam. Lowell, Mass.: Marden and Rowell, 1888. S. 293–295.
- ^ a b Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 1. New York: D. Appleton. p. 4.
- ^ Joseph Hale Abbot. In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Band 9, 1873/74, S. 238–240.
- ^ Abbot, Joseph Hall "Principles recognized by scientific men applied to the ether controversy" Littell's Living Age No. 214 (1848) p. 565-569
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