Samuel McClintock Hamill

Samuel McClintock Hamill (July 6, 1812 – September 21, 1889) was an American educator and Presbyterian clergyman. Hamill was the longest serving Head Master of the Lawrenceville School near Princeton, NJ.

Samuel McClintock Hamill
Born	(1812-07-06)July 6, 1812 Norristown, Pennsylvania, US
Died	September 21, 1889(1889-09-21) (aged 77) Trenton, New Jersey, US
Nationality	American

Biography

Hamill was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania on July 6, 1812, and graduated from Jefferson College currently (Washington & Jefferson College) in 1834. He received his D.D. from Rutgers University and Hanover College in 1862. He was an accomplished Presbyterian clergyman, educator, New Jersey State Superintendent of Public Schools, and a founder of the New Jersey Historical Society. After President Abraham Lincoln's death, Hamill composed a widely circulated eulogy for the assassinated president.^[1] In 1837 he became the third Head Master of classical and commercial boarding-school. Hamill strengthened the small school which was ultimately renamed The Lawrenceville School. He remains the school's longest serving Head Master. He died in Trenton, New Jersey in 1889 and is buried in the Lawrenceville Cemetery in Lawrenceville, NJ.^[2]

References

1. Hamill, Samuel McClintock (1865). President Lincoln, a Faithful Son. Trenton: Murphy & Bechtel. p. 1. Retrieved January 10, 2015. Samuel McClintock Hamill.
2. Studifford, Samuel M. (1890). "Rev. Samuel McClintock Hamill, D.D." Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. XI (1): 29–38. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

• Mulford, Ronald J (1935). History of the Lawrenceville School 1810–1935. Princeton University Press