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          5. William Holmes McGuffey

          Early influential American educator

          William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, – May 4, ) was an American 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 million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold between and ,[1] placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary.[2]

          Early years

          William Holmes McGuffey, born September 23, , was the son of Alexander and Anna (Holmes) McGuffey near Claysville in West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, which is 45 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.[3][4]His family, who had strong opinions about education and religion, immigrated from Scotland to the United States in [5] In , the McGuffey family moved farther out into the frontier at Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

          He attended country school, and after receiving special instructio