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Sherman Day Thacher, (November 6, 1861 - August 5, 1931), was the founder and headmaster of The Thacher School at Ojai, California. Early life, education and degrees. Thacher was the son of Elizabeth Baldwin (Sherman) Thacher, granddaughter of Roger Sherman, and Thomas Anthony Thacher. The family had a history at Yale University.
Sherman Day Thacher didn’t travel from Connecticut to Ojai with a school in mind. In search of a rejuvenating environment for his ailing brother, Mr. Thacher arrived with him in 1887 and developed a deep appreciation for the stunning landscapes and open, resourceful, and informal attitudes of Western life.
May 31, 2011 · Sharp & Savvy: Sherman Day Thacher (1861 – 1931) by David Mason. Sherman D. Thacher. It was in 1888 that Sherman Thacher took up a homestead claim of 160 acres in the Ojai Valley. At first he thought he might teach as a side line which would furnish him some means of livelihood.
The philosophy of The Thacher School is rooted in the wisdom and work of its founder, Sherman Day Thacher, who embraced the extraordinary natural venue of his school and sought above all else to train his students “in the art of living for their own greatest good and for the good of their fellow citizens.”.
As a result, Sherman Thacher encouraged Thompson Webb to move from Tennessee to Claremont, California and establish The Webb School of California, which opened in 1922. [11] Thacher incorporated the school as a nonprofit in 1924, but continued running the school until his death in 1931. [12]
Sherman Day Thacher's father was Yale professor of Latin and administrator Thomas Anthony Thacher (B.A. Yale 1835; LL.D. Western Reserve 1869); son of Peter and Anne (Parks) Thacher of Hartford, Connecticut.
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Sherman Day Thacher, (November 6, 1861 August 5, 1931), was the founder and headmaster of the Thacher School at Ojai, California. A graduate of Hopkins Grammar School, he attended Yale University and won second prize in English composition his…
