Biglow, William, 1773-1844

William Biglow (1773-1844) was a schoolmaster, songwriter, and author, who graduated from Harvard in 1794.

Biglow was born in Natick, Mass. on September 22, 1773. He received an AB from Harvard in 1794 and AM in 1804. In 1792, as a Harvard student, Biglow wrote Junior Classology. After graduation he worked as an educator and served as headmaster of the Boston Public Latin School from 1805 to 1814. Biglow also wrote for local magazines, including the Federal Orrery, Massachusetts Messenger, and the Amherst, New Hampshire Village Messenger, which he edited in 1796. In his later years, he served as a proofreader in the Harvard University Printing Office, and wrote histories of Natick and Sherburne, Mass. He died on January 12, 1844.

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