The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Abbot, Joseph Hale

ABBOT, Joseph Hale, American educator: b. Wilton, N. H., 26 Sept. 1802; d. 7 April 1873. He was graduated at Bowdoin in 1822, was tutor there 1825–27; and professor of mathematics Phillips Exeter Academy 1827–33; then taught a ladies' school in Boston; subsequently was principal of the Beverly, Mass., high school. He was for some years recording secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and published valuable scientific papers in its ‘Transactions,’ besides writing on pneumatic and hydraulic problems, in which he made ingenious investigations. He was associate editor of Worcester's ‘Dictionary of the English Language’ (1860).