Joshua Mason Macomber

Joshua Mason Macomber (October 11, 1811 – February 9, 1881) was an educator and a physician from New Salem, Massachusetts.

[1] Macomber attended Amherst College for one year and then Brown University, where he received his undergraduate degree in 1835.

[2] Famous Historian and writer, William Augustus Mowry detailed this accomplished educator's life in a biographical sketch with the publication, "The Uxbridge Academy-A brief history with a Biographical Sketch of J. Mason Macomber, A.M., M.D".

[1] It flourished in the early and mid-19th century and graduated a number of prominent citizens as one of New England's historic preparatory academies.

[1] He was devastated, and although he could have stayed and taught at Penn, he instead chose to return to Uxbridge, Massachusetts.