Ezekiel Cheever, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ezekiel Cheever

English linguist and teacher

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1614

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 21-Aug-1708

Profession: teacher, philologist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ezekiel Cheever (1614–1708) was a schoolmaster, and the author of "probably the earliest American school book", Accidence, A Short Introduction to the Latin Tongue.
Upon his death, it was said that "New England [had] never known a better teacher." He has been called "the chief representative of the colonial schoolmaster".