Joseph A. Stockton | |
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Born |
Franklin County, Pennsylvania | February 25, 1779
Died | October 29, 1832
Baltimore, Maryland | (aged 53)
Spouse |
Esther Clark (
m. 1800) |
Joseph A. Stockton (1779–1832) was a prominent Presbyterian minister in Western Pennsylvania. He founded Meadville Academy, which later became Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. [1] He was also President of University of Pittsburgh. [1]
Joseph Stockton was born near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on February 25, 1779. [1] [2]
He attended Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and was tutored by John McMillan. [1] He was an early member of the Philo Literary Society. [3]
He married Esther Clark on May 8, 1800. [1]
He worked for a time as an assistant tutor at Jefferson College. [4]
He also taught grammar and mathematics at Allegheny Academy in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now Pittsburgh's North Side, with Mr. Caldwell teaching elocution and John Kelly of Dublin, Ireland as disciplinarian; Kelly later continued the school after Stockton's death. Stockton authored the Western Calculator and Western Spelling Book, used at the Academy as textbooks. [5] His most famous student at the Academy was Stephen Foster, later America's first professional composer, and Foster's brother Morrison described Stockton as: "a perfect tutor. He was learned, he was firm, he was amiable, and he was thorough and practical." [6]
Stockton died from cholera in Baltimore on October 29, 1832. [2]
Joseph A. Stockton | |
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![]() | |
Born |
Franklin County, Pennsylvania | February 25, 1779
Died | October 29, 1832
Baltimore, Maryland | (aged 53)
Spouse |
Esther Clark (
m. 1800) |
Joseph A. Stockton (1779–1832) was a prominent Presbyterian minister in Western Pennsylvania. He founded Meadville Academy, which later became Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. [1] He was also President of University of Pittsburgh. [1]
Joseph Stockton was born near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on February 25, 1779. [1] [2]
He attended Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and was tutored by John McMillan. [1] He was an early member of the Philo Literary Society. [3]
He married Esther Clark on May 8, 1800. [1]
He worked for a time as an assistant tutor at Jefferson College. [4]
He also taught grammar and mathematics at Allegheny Academy in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now Pittsburgh's North Side, with Mr. Caldwell teaching elocution and John Kelly of Dublin, Ireland as disciplinarian; Kelly later continued the school after Stockton's death. Stockton authored the Western Calculator and Western Spelling Book, used at the Academy as textbooks. [5] His most famous student at the Academy was Stephen Foster, later America's first professional composer, and Foster's brother Morrison described Stockton as: "a perfect tutor. He was learned, he was firm, he was amiable, and he was thorough and practical." [6]
Stockton died from cholera in Baltimore on October 29, 1832. [2]