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Aug 24, 2024 · Boston Latin School, public secondary school in Boston, Massachusetts, the oldest existing school in the United States. Its establishment in 1635 as the Latin Grammar School, open to all boys regardless of social class, set a precedent for tax-supported public education.
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Boston Latin School was founded on April 23, 1635, by the Town of Boston. [7][8] The school was modeled after the Free Grammar School of Boston in England under the influence of Reverend John Cotton. [7] The first classes were held in the home of the Master, Philemon Pormort. [9]
Establishment of the school was due in great measure to the influence of the Reverend John Cotton, who sought to create in the New World a school like the Free Grammar School of Boston, England, in which Latin and Greek were taught.
On April 23, 1635, the first public school in what would become the United States was established in Boston, Massachusetts. Known as the Boston Latin School, this boys-only public secondary school was led by schoolmaster Philemon Pormont, a Puritan settler.
THE 350TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL* It would seem appropriate that some notice should be taken of the 350th anniversary of the Boston Latin School, founded on April 23, 1635, in the town of Boston, antedating Harvard by at least one year, and being the oldest public school in continuous existence in the United States. This month
At 8 years old young Benjamin Franklin started attending South Grammar School (Boston Latin) showing early talent moving from the middle of the class to the top of it within a year. The following year he attended George Brownell’s English School, a school for writing and arithmetic.
In 1635 the Boston Public Latin School was established to educate the sons of the elite in both the classics and further religious studies (some schools also taught algebra, geometry, and geography). After primary school, most boys either joined an apprentice program or attended a grammar school.
