Question

characteristics of Arthur gilman

Answer 1

He was the principal of Cambridge School for the young ladies. he was an efficient teacher .it was he who aroused Helen's interest in history and literature. he was extremely affectionate towards Helen. During Helen's examinations, he would read out the papers using manual alphabet and afterward read out what she had written so that she could correct her answers.
However. difference of opinion between Mr. Gilman and Helen regarding her studies caused them to separate. Mr Gilman felt Helen was overexerting herself in studies. Helen, who was keen to go to college with her class, disagreed with him. Helen pulled away from Cambridge and carried on her preparation under private instructors .

Answer 2

He was a son of banker Winthrop Sargent Gilman and his wife Abia Swift Lippincott Gilman. His ancestor Edward Gilman, of an ancient Welsh family, emigrated from Norfolk, England, to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1638.[1]His father's wealth (made in the wholesale grocery trade) paid for Arthur Gilman's education in private schools in St. Louis, Missouri, and Lee, Massachusetts. Beginning in 1849, he attended the coeducational Chrestomathic Institute of Rye, New York. In 1851 he moved on to a school in New York City, where he remained until 1853.[3]

He joined his father's New York City banking firm from 1857 to 1862.[3] His health becoming impaired, he moved to Lenox, Massachusetts (Dictionary of American Biography reports Lee, Massachusetts; American National Biography confirms Lenox), and devoted himself to literary and educational work. In 1870, he went to Cambridge, and became associated with the Riverside Press. In 1871, he became one of the editors of the American Tract Society in Boston.