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William Holmes McGuffey ( September 23, 1800 - May 4, 1873) was an American professor who created the McGuffey Readers, one of America's first textbook.

He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1802, McGuffey's family moved to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. He attended country school, and after receiving special instruction at Youngstown, he attended Old Stone Academy. Afterwards, he attended and graduated from Washington College, Pa, where he became an instructor.

He left Washington College in 1826 to become a professor at Miami University. While he was there, he wrote volumes one and two of his Mcguffey Readers. A year later in 1827, he was married to Harriet Spinning of Dayton, Ohio, with whom he had five children. In 1829, he was ordained at Bethel Chapel as a minister in the Presbyterian Church.

In 1836Events January Book by Maria Monk claims that she was sexually exploited in a Canadian convent February 3 United States Whig Party holds its first convention in Albany, New York. February 23 The siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas. February 24, he left Miami to become president of Cincinnati College, where he also served as a distinguished teacher and lecturer. He left Cincinnati in 1839Events January 9 The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. January 19 British East India Company captures Aden January 20 In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance. February 24 William Ot to become President of Ohio UniversityNote: The Ohio State University is a separate educational institution and is not to be confused with the one described in this article. Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio, enrolling almost 20,000 students on its main 1,800 acre, which he left in 1843Events February 6 The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City). February 11 Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi premieres in Milan May 18 The Disruption of the Church of Scotland took place to become president of Woodward College in Cincinnati.

In 1845Events January 29 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published for the first time New York Evening Mirror . March 1 President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. March 3 Florida is admitted as the 27th U., McGuffey moved to Charlottesville, VirginiaCharlottesville is an independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County in the State of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 45,049. It is the county seat of Albemarle County 6. Geography and History Charlotte where he became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. A year after his first wife Harriet died in 1850, he married Miss Laura Howard, daughter of Dean Howard of the University of Virginia, in 1851. McGuffey is buried at university burying ground, in Charlottesville, Virginia.