Joseph McKean (academic), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1776
Place of Birth: Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 17-Mar-1818
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Joseph McKean (academic)
- Joseph McKean (19 April 1776 – 17 March 1818) was the second holder of the Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University.
- He was also the seventh librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, occupying that position from October 1809, to April, 1812.
- It was during this time that he created the first catalog of the Boston Athenæum.
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