Alexander Hamilton McGuffey was an editor, educator, and lawyer. He is best known for his role as the editor of the fifth and sixth books in the McGuffey Readers series. His brother, William Holmes McGuffey, edited the first four readers in the same series.\n\nMcGuffey began his career working as an educator before transitioning into the legal profession as a lawyer. Later in his career, he served as the secretary and treasurer of the Trustees of Cincinnati College. In this position, he was responsible for pulling the institution out of debt after it suffered from poor financial practices and two significant fires.
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