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McGuffey was a professor at the University of Virginia and also president of Ohio University. He started one of nation's first teachers' associations.
McGuffey was a professor at the University of Virginia and also president of Ohio University. He started one of nation's first teachers' associations.
The original McGuffey Readers came in four volumes and were published in 1836. William McGuffey's brother, Alexander McGuffey, produced two more volumes the next decade. In 1879, a major revision was undertaken, one which toned down much of the [[Calvinism]] of the original books, while still very much maintaining their Christian content and world view.
In the foreword of McGuffey's Reader, 1836, he wrote:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-05-04&view=View</ref>
In the foreword of McGuffey's Reader, 1836, he wrote:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-05-04&view=View</ref>