Samuel R. Gummere
Samuel R. Gummere was a Quaker
educator and textbook author in the early 1800's. He authored texts
on spelling, grammar and elocution, and in 1826, founded the Gummere
Girls' School at York and Penn Streets in Burlington. Three years later,
a building was erected on the Green Bank to house the school.
In 1833, along with his brother
John Gummere, John's son Samuel J.
Gummere, and Dr. John Griscom, formerly schoolmaster of the Burlington
Friends' School, Samuel
was instrumental in the founding of Haverford College.
In 1836, Samuel sold the school to a board of trustees. The next year,
it was sold to Bishop George Washington Doane of Saint Mary's Church,
and became Saint Mary's School for Girls.
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