Nathan Daboll

Nathan Daboll
BornMay 5 1750 [O.S. April 24, 1750]
Groton, Connecticut, United States
DiedMarch 9, 1818(1818-03-09) (aged 67)
Groton, Connecticut
OccupationWriter, educator,
navigation school operator
NationalityAmerican
GenreAlmanacs
Textbook (Mathematics)
Textbook (Navigation)

Nathan Daboll (May 5 1750 [O.S. April 24, 1750] – March 9, 1818) was an American teacher who wrote the mathematics textbook most commonly used in American schools in the first half of the 19th century.[1] During the course of his career, he also operated a popular navigation school for merchant mariners, and published a variety of almanacs during the American Revolution period.

  1. ^ Bunt 1988:33