William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 – May 4, 1873) was a college professor and president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, the first widely used series of elementary school-level textbooks. More than 120 million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary.
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23 September 1800 Claysville, Pennsylvania
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Died |
4 May 1873 (aged 72) Charlottesville, Virginia
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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