He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and educated at Hobart College.
He was connected for some time with the Cleveland Tube Works.
[1] In 1876, he became master in natural sciences at his alma mater, St. Paul's School[2] in Concord, New Hampshire, where he was appointed vice rector in 1904.
He later became head of the Coit School for American boys in Munich.
[2] In 1903, he was elected an honorary member of the New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati.