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American arithmetic prodigy. Toured in America and Britain, performing mental arithmetic, 1811–15. After unsuccessful attempts to become an actor, worked for the Board of Longitude, 1823. Returned to America, 1823; joined the Congregational Church and then the Methodist Society in 1825. Professor of Latin, Greek, French, and Spanish, and English classical literature at Norwich University, Norwich, Vermont, 1835–9.