Boston Latin School

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | 346 words | Copyright

Boston Latin School at Boston; opened 1635 as a school for boys; one of the oldest free public schools in the United States. Many famous men attended the school, including five signers of the Declaration of Independence and four presidents of Harvard. In 1972 it became coeducational.

Bibliography: See P. Marson, Breeder of Democracy (1963).

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