Description: (College professor)
William Holmes McGuffey was a distinguished American college professor and president known for developing the McGuffey Readers, a popular series of elementary school textbooks. These readers were highly regarded and sold over 120 million copies from 1836 to 1960, placing them in the company of the Bible and Webster's Dictionary. McGuffey dedicated his career to education, leaving a lasting impact on numerous students through his influential textbooks that stressed moral principles and intellectual growth.