Nathan Daboll | |
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Born | May 5 1750 [O.S. April 24, 1750] Groton, Connecticut, United States |
Died | March 9, 1818 Groton, Connecticut | (aged 67)
Occupation | Writer, educator, navigation school operator |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Almanacs 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.