Baynard Rust Hall (1798 - 1863)

Rev. Dr. Baynard Rust Hall (sometimes published as Bayard Rush Hall, 1798 - January 23, 1863) was an American academic and Christian minister. A native of Pennsylvania, he served churches and academic institutions in the East for most of his life. "As an author, as well as teacher, he gained a wide reputation. Among his works were a Latin Grammar, which he published when but 30 years of age; a highly popular and humorous volume, entitled The New Purchase; or, Seven Years in the West; and a work with the name of Teaching a Science; The Teacher an Artist -- a standard authority upon education." (from his obituary in the New York times, 1863)