Elijah Corlet

Elijah Corlet
Elijah Corlet
Born	1610
Died	24 February 1687 (aged 76–77)
Alma mater	Lincoln College; Pembroke College ;
Occupation	Schoolmaster ;

Elijah Corlet (1610 – February 24, 1687)^[1] was schoolmaster of the Cambridge Grammar School in Cambridge, Massachusetts for most of the late 17th century. Many of his pupils were early students of Harvard College, including the minister Cotton Mather. From 1672 to 1700, the Cambridge Grammar School sent more students to Harvard than any other school.^[2]

^ Littlefield, George E. (1915). "ELIJAH CORLET AND THE 'FAIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOLE' AT CAMBRIDGE". Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. XVII.
^ Morison, Samuel Eliot (1965). The Intellectual Life of Colonial New England. New York University Press. p. 102.

[:0-1] Littlefield, George E. (1915). "ELIJAH CORLET AND THE 'FAIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOLE' AT CAMBRIDGE". Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. XVII.

[2] Morison, Samuel Eliot (1965). The Intellectual Life of Colonial New England. New York University Press. p. 102.

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