John Martin
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| Mr Martin | |
|---|---|
| Years at BGS | ?-? (including 1835) |
| Subjects | Reading; Writing; Arithmetic; Surveying; Book-keeping |
Mr Martin was a teacher of Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Surveying and Book-keeping at Boston Grammar School. His years at BGS are not known but according to Robert Evelyn Roy he was on the staff in 1835.
According to Robert Evelyn Roy in his account of his time as a pupil at the school in 1835:
Mr Martin was a very efficient, painstaking and pleasant man of the Commercial School type, who taught reading, writing and arithmetic with surveying and book-keeping. We upper boys came under him part of the afternoon, and my father having a chain and other paraphernalia for surveying, we took the dimensions of Mr Hopkins' field, now Mr Oldrid's[1]. This occupied several afternoons...
References
- ↑ Central Park - visitbostonuk.com. Hopkins'/Oldrid's field is now part of Central Park, Boston