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TUTTLE, MATTHEW RICHEY (1858-1932)

TUTTLE, MATTHEW RICHEY, teacher; b. Digby, N.S., 2 May 1858, s/o the Rev. George William Tuttle and Martha Hart; m. 1892, Katherine E. Theal; d. Sylvania, Sask., 11 Dec 1932.

The son of a Methodist minister, Matthew R. Tuttle studied at Acadia University (BA 1878) and entered the field of education. During the next twenty-three years he taught in Nova Scotia, undertook additional study at Boston University (1886-87) and spent four years teaching in Japan (1887-91). In 1901 he was appointed principal of the grammar school at Bathurst. A year later he came from there to the principalship of the Blackville Superior School. This school was considered to be the weakest of the superior schools of Northumberland County at the start of his term, and although he stayed only two years, he helped renew interest and improve academic performance.

Tuttle subsequently served brief terms as principal of several other New Brunswick schools. Mathematics was a special interest of his, and in 1906 he published an article in The Educational Review on teaching geometry. In 1910 he left for Saskatchewan, where he spent the remainder of his teaching career, as well as his retirement years. He was living as a widower with his son W. H. F. Tuttle on a Saskatchewan farm when his death occurred in 1932, at age seventy-four.

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[b/m] Acadia Record [d] official records / Educ. reports, 1902-03ff; Educ. Review, Sep 1901, Aug 1902, Aug 1906; Provincial Wesleyan 2 Nov 1854 (parents' marriage)


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