Horace Webster, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American educator
Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1794
Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Date of Death: 12-Jul-1871
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Horace Webster
- Horace Webster (Hartford, Connecticut, September 21, 1794 - Geneva, New York, July 12, 1871) was an American educator who graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1818.
- Webster remained at West Point as a mathematics professor until 1825, leaving with the rank of first lieutenant.
- He then moved to Geneva College, where he taught as a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy until he left in 1848 to head the Free Academy of New York, where he continued until retirement in 1869.
- The school was renamed City College in 1866.
- Horace Webster served as its first president.
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