|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member Number: 127
Jacob Abbott is the author of the first fictional series for children. Born in Maine in 1803, Abbott was raised in a strictly Christian household, the second of seven children. He graduated from Bowdoin College, and went on to study theology at Andover, becoming a teacher and a minister. In 1824, while still a student at Andover, Abbott began teaching at Amherst College, becoming a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy there. Ordained in 1826, he also gave sermons in the college chapel.
In 1829, Jacob Abbott and his brother, John, founded a high school for girls, Mt. Vernon School, in Boston. It was there that Jacob Abbott published his first book, The Young Christian; or, A Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian Duty (1832). In 1835, a year after having moved from Mt. Vernon to become a pastor in a Congregational Church in Roxbury, Abbott published the first of his "Rollo" series of books, The Little Scholar Learning to Talk. A Picture Book for Rollo. The series eventually included 14 books, as well as a further series called Rollo's Tour in Europe. Over the next several years, Abbott wrote other series of books, including the "Jonas" series, the "Lucy" series and the "Franconia" stories. He and his brother John wrote Illustrated Histories, biographies of historical figures, written for adolescents.
In total, Abbott wrote 130 books and edited or co-authored another 31. He is credited with having brought a new dimension to children's books. Abbott had been twice married, in 1828 to Harriet Vaughan who died in 1843, and to Mary Woodbury in 1853. He had four sons.
Most Famous Works
- The Young Christian (1832)
- The Little Philosopher, for Schools and Families (1833)
- The Little Scholar Learning to Talk and Rollo learning to Read (1835)
- Rollo Series (1835-1858)
- Jonas Series (1839-1841)
- Lucy Series (1841-1842)
- Illustrated Biographies of historical figures (1848-1853)
- Franconia Series (1850-1853)
- Stories of Rainbow and Lucky (1859-1860)
- Harlie Stories (1862-1863)
Humanarchives.org provides the Jacob Abbott archive to help educate and promote humanity. Join Us
Jacob Abbott Search Results
Jacob Abbott News and Information
RSS news is based on the words "Jacob" and "Abbott" so the information provided can be unrelated to "Jacob Abbott" specifically.
From the Pulpit Destin Log, FL - But according to Jacob Abbott, the reason for such shabby and poor looking establishments had to do with the fact that they were so infrequently needed ... |
Junior League News Grenfell Record and Bland Advertiser, Australia - The Abbott brothers had a charging run each followed by Jacob. Then Ben Hancock passed to Josh who passed to Kerrod. Kerrod kicked the ball into the end ... |
Parents, teachers hail preschool plan New Brunswick Home News Tribune, NJ - Many, if not most, are looking at using local day-care centers to run their preschool programs, as Asbury Park does for its Abbott preschool program. ... |
Genest, Bowl-A-Rama lead Sanford Babe Ruth League Foster's Daily Democrat, NH - Abbott MacKay and Dan Webb each had a triple and single while Shawn McCarthy had a double and single. Mike Gouin struck out 10 batters to pitch Sports/Stop ... |
Dean’s List Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - Travis Abbott, Virginia Adams, Kristy Alshefski, Adam Arlotto, Cortnei Au, MaryAnn Aurisano, Michael Babbish, Juliana Babetski, Travis Abbott, ... |
Honor roll: East Pennsboro Area Middle School The Patriot-News - PennLive.com, PA - Grade 6 -- Eric Abbott, Jacob Abbott, Daniel Bartosic, Erin Basso, Kiersten Belile, Alexis Bonham, Jenny Bucher, Sou Kaina Chaina, Michael Corbitt,Jonathan ... |
SIUE DEAN'S LIST (7-4-08) Belleville News Democrat, USA - Alton: Benjamin Joel Abbott, Emily Mae Bumbacher, Amanda Leann Burke, Daniel Patrick Chartrand, Alicia Christin Clayton, Morgan Elizabeth Clymer, ... |
ACM graduates 379 for third-largest class in college history Cumberland Times-News, MD - Aimee Graham, dental hygiene; Hagerstown -- Ann Abbott, dental hygiene; Erin Fellows, dental hygiene; Karla Hull, dental hygiene; Uche Nwakalor, ... |
Frederick Community College announces spring semester dean’s list Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD - ·From Hagerstown, Md.: Anna Abbott, Samuel Battista, Brooke Belldina Ray, Donald Biser, Beverly Larmore, Marilynn Lee, Chris Marrero, Joshua McKean, ... |
 Times Online | Stone of Destiny a 'fake to dupe invading English' Times Online, UK - The stone, said to have been used in the coronation of early Scottish monarchs and in Biblical times by Jacob as a pillow, is one of the earliest symbols of ... Salmond: 'Stone of Destiny is fake' Stone of Destiny is fake, claims Alex Salmond Salmond: Stone of Destiny is fake |
Jacob Abbott Archive References
Are there any errors in this archive? The information presented is as provided by a number of possible sources including: Wikipedia, NNDB, IMDB, Answers.com and the archive administrator - contact admin with any corrections or concerns.
