Nathan Covington Brooks | |
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.png) Brooks in 1879 publication | |
| Born | August 12, 1809 |
| Died | October 6, 1898 (aged 89) |
| Resting place | Green Mount Cemetery Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | St. John's College (MA) |
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| Spouses | Mary Elizabeth Gobright
(m. 1826)Christiana Octavia Crump
(m. 1867) |
| Children | 11 |
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Nathan Covington Brooks (August 12, 1809 – October 6, 1898) was an American educator, historian, and poet. Born in West Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland, Brooks grew up to become the first principal of Baltimore City College, the third oldest public high school in the United States, and the only president of the Baltimore Female College, the first institution of higher education for women in Maryland. He also was the owner of the literary magazine The American Museum in which he published several works of the famed poet Edgar Allan Poe, and the author of several textbooks on classical literature. Brooks died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.