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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.
Sherman Day Thacher, (November 6, 1861 - August 5, 1931), was the founder and headmaster of The Thacher School at Ojai, California.
When Sherman Day Thacher was born on 6 November 1861, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Thomas Anthony Thacher, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Baldwin Sherman, was 38. He married Eliza Seeley Blake on 24 June 1896, in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States.
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Sherman Day Thacher contacted educator Thompson Webb, an instructor at the Webb School of Bell Buckle in Tennessee (founded by his father, William R. Webb), that his school was turning down dozens of qualified students every year, and that an empty school near Claremont was for sale.
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. His mother's father, Roger Sherman, Jr., had obtained his bachelor's degree from Yale in 1787 and his father obtained his 1835.
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Dec 17, 2022 · Sherman Day Thacher, BA 1883. Born: November 6, 1861, in New Haven, Connecticut. Died: August 5,1931, in Santa Barbara, California. Father, Thomas Anthony Thacher (BA 1835; LL.D. Western Reserve 1869); son of Peter and Anne (Parks) Thacher, of Hartford, Connecticut.
