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| Born | (1808-05-14)May 14, 1808 Gilmanton, New Hampshire |
| Died | December 29, 1885(1885-12-29) (aged 77) New York, New York |
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| Occupation | Educator |
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Edwin David Sanborn (May 14, 1808 – December 29, 1885) was an American educator.
Edwin David Sanborn was born inGilmanton, New Hampshire on May 14, 1808.[1] He graduated fromDartmouth College in 1832, taught for a year at Gilmanton, studied law, and afterward divinity atAndover Theological Seminary, and became a tutor and (later in the same year) professor of Latin at Dartmouth in 1835. In 1859, he became professor of classical literature atWashington University in St. Louis and principal at theMary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School but in 1865 he returned to Dartmouth as professor of oratory and belles-lettres.[1] In 1880, he assumed the new chair of Anglo-Saxon and the English language and literature. He received the degree ofLL.D. from theUniversity of Vermont in 1859. He was a leader in public affairs in his town and state, and was several times elected to thelegislature.
He died in New York on December 29, 1885.[1]
Besides contributions to newspapers and magazines, he published lectures on education, aEulogy onDaniel Webster (Hanover, 1853), and aHistory of New Hampshire, from Its First Discovery to the Year 1830 (Manchester, 1875).
He married, on December 11, 1837, Mary Ann, a niece of Daniel Webster. Their daughterKate Sanborn became a noted author, lecturer and educator.
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