Caleb Bingham

Caleb Bingham (born April 15, 1757, Salisbury, Conn. [U.S.]—died April 6, 1817, Boston, Mass., U.S.) was an American educator, textbook author, and bookseller during the four decades following the American Revolution. Bingham was educated at local schools before entering Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. He graduated in 1782 and took the position of master at Moor’s Indian Charity School. In 1784 he moved to Boston in order to establish a school for girls, in which...