# Benjamin Abbot

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Not to be confused with [Benjamin Abbott](/source/Benjamin_Abbott).

**Benjamin Abbot** (September 17, 1762 – October 25, 1849) was an American schoolteacher. He is known for his work as a teacher and the second [principal](/source/List_of_Phillips_Exeter_Academy_Principals) at [Phillips Exeter Academy](/source/Phillips_Exeter_Academy).[1]

He was born in [Andover, Massachusetts](/source/Andover,_Massachusetts), the son of John Abbot from a family settled in Andover since its earliest days. He entered [Phillips Academy](/source/Phillips_Academy), Andover in 1782, then entered [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), graduating in 1788. He married his first wife, Hannah Tracy Emery, in 1791. Later, in 1798, he married again, to Mary Perkins. He had four children.[2]

In 1811, he received a [LLD](/source/Legum_Doctor) degree from [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College).[3] He was a teacher and the [principal](/source/List_of_Phillips_Exeter_Academy_Principals) of the Phillips Exeter Academy, teaching such subjects as Latin, Greek, and mathematics.

His students included such prominent individuals as [Lewis Cass](/source/Lewis_Cass), [Daniel Webster](/source/Daniel_Webster), [Edward Everett](/source/Edward_Everett), [Jared Sparks](/source/Jared_Sparks), and [Francis Bowen](/source/Francis_Bowen). Daniel Webster paid tribute to him at his retirement. In 1815, Abbot was elected a member of the [American Antiquarian Society](/source/American_Antiquarian_Society)[4]

He died in [Exeter, New Hampshire](/source/Exeter,_New_Hampshire) in 1849, aged 87. Abbot Hall, the oldest dormitory at Phillips Exeter Academy, is named for Benjamin Abbot.[5]

## References

1. *Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896.* Chicago, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

1. *The Phillips Exeter Academy: a History.* Exeter, NH: The Trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy, 1926.

1. ["Benjamin Abbot profile"](http://virtualology.com/benjaminabbot). *Appleton's Encyclopedia*. Virtualology. 2001. Retrieved 2010-07-18.

1. [American Antiquarian Society Members Directory](http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlista), americanantiquarian.org; accessed September 24, 2015.

1. *The Phillips Exeter Academy: a History.* Exeter, NH: The Trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy, 1926.

## External links

- [Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos. Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889](https://web.archive.org/web/20071012160314/http://virtualology.com/benjaminabbot/)

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