Benjamin Hale (23 thang 11 nam 1797 - 15 thang 7 nam 1863) la mot giao vien kiem giao si nguoi My trong the ky XIX. Ong noi tieng voi viec giang day tai Đai hoc Dartmouth va sang lap, truc tiep giang day tai truong day nghe đau tien o My.


Đau đoi Hale sinh ra o Newburyport, Massachusetts, vao ngay 23 thang 11 nam 1797. Cha me ong la Thomas Hale va Alice Little Hale. Ong la con lon nhat trong muoi nguoi con trong gia đinh. Cha cua Hale la hau due đoi thu tam cua Thomas Hale đen tu Hertfordshire, Anh, di cu đen Newburyport vao khoang nam 1637.
Hale bat đau theo hoc tai Hoc vien Atkinson vao nam 1813. Mot nam sau, ong vao Đai hoc Dartmouth. Tuy nhien, vi ly do suc khoe, Hale phai tam thoi bo hoc va gia nhap Hoc vien Dummer o Byfield, Massachusetts. O đo, ong đuoc Rev. Abbott day kem rieng. Thang 2 nam 1816, luc la sinh vien nam hai, Hale vao truong Bowdoin. Ong co bang Cu nhan Nghe thuat tai đay vao thang 9 nam 1818. Hale giang day mot nam tai Hoc vien Thornton va tro thanh thanh vien cua Chung vien Than hoc tai Andover, Massachusetts mua thu nam 1819 Sau đo, ong lam giao vien tai Bowdoin College vao nam 1820. Ong day triet hoc tu nhien va Luan ve su hieu biet cua con nguoi cho sinh vien nam ba, day toan hoc va logic nang cao cho sinh vien nam hai. Thang 9 nam 1821, Hale nhan bang thac si va đoc dien van tu biet truong bang tieng Latinh. Trong thoi gian con la giao vien tai Bowdoin College, ong cung tranh thu theo đuoi cac nghien cuu than hoc. Đen nam 1822, ong đuoc phong chuc giao si va giang đao tai nha tho Cong giao o Andover. 


Su nghiep Nam 1822, Robert Hallowell Gardiner đa trao cho Hale vi tri hieu truong đau tien va chiu trach nhiem giang day chinh tai truong day nghe đau tien o Hoa Ky, mot truong hoc moi toa lac o Gardiner, Maine. Đo la mot truong tu danh cho nong dan va nhung nguoi nghien cuu nong hoc. Hale chap nhan vi tri nay va cong khai đia chi cua truong Gardiner Lyceum vao ngay 1 thang 1 nam 1823. Đay la truong day nghe đau tien o My. Truong luc đau chi co hai muoi sinh vien. Hale sau đo đa to chuc cac khoa hoc giang day ve hoa hoc trong nong nghiep, toan hoc, triet hoc tu nhien, hang hai, trac đia va kien truc (voi cuon sach Mechanical Principles of Carpentry). Ngoai nhung khoa hoc co ban tren, Hale cung mo lop day chan nuoi trong nhung thang mua đong.
Hale tro thanh giao su hoa hoc tai Đai hoc Dartmouth nam 1827. Ong co nhieu nam la giang vien ve Triet hoc Lich su Tu nhien tai cac lop cao cap. Hale giang day tai Đai hoc Dartmouth tu nam 1827 đen 1835. Ngoai ra, ong con la chu tich cua Đai hoc Geneva (sau nay la Cao đang Hobart va William Smith) tu nam 1836 đen 1858. Hale cung tien hanh thu nghiem hinh thuc. Ong bat đau cong viec truyen đao tai nha tho Tan giao o Dartmouth, Massachusetts tu nam 1828.


Gia đinh Hale ket hon voi Mary Caroline King vao ngay 9 thang 4 nam 1823.
Con cua ho la:

Caroline Olive Hale (16 thang 8 nam 1826-9 thang 2 nam 1837)
Benjamin Hale (Ngay 31 thang 10 nam 1827-?)
Mary King Hale (3 thang 4 nam 1830-28 thang 12 nam 1838)
Sarah Elizabeth Hale (3 thang 7 nam 1832-?)
Thomas Hale (11 thang 7 nam 1834-?)
Cyrus King Hale (17 thang 3 nam 1838-5 thang 6 nam 1874)
Tien si Josiah Little Hale (1 thang 4 nam 1841-?)


Nhan cach Khi con tre, Hale noi tieng voi tinh cach de chiu, than thien, tham lang va thich đoc sach.
Rufus Anderson, Thu ky cho Uy ban Quoc te Hoa Ky va ban cung lop cung nhu cung phong voi Hale, tung viet rang tinh ban tron đoi cua ho co đuoc la nho nhung loi ich giong nhau. Anderson cho biet Hale co kien thuc gan nhu tuong đuong trong tat ca cac linh vuc ma ong nghien cuu. Them vao đo, Hale con la nguoi rat hoa đong va san sang bat chuyen voi bat cu ai vao bat cu luc nao. Tuy nhien, ong cung la nguoi kha sung đao.


Qua đoi va di san Hale mat ngay 15 thang 7 nam 1863. Cac khoa hoc khac nhau ve chan nuoi vao mua đong ma ong thanh lap tai Gardiner Lyceum đuoc ke thua boi phan lon cac truong cao đang nong nghiep o Hoa Ky. Hale đa nghi ra y tuong ve cac truong thuong mai day nghe ma hien nay khap Hoa Ky va the gioi đang su dung chi bang nguyen tac rieng ve cac khoa hoc ky thuat tap trung vao viec ung dung nhung nghien cuu thuc tien cua khoa hoc va toan hoc vao mot giao dich cu the.


Cong trinh nghien cuu Introduction to the mechanical principles of carpentry. (1827)
Valedictory letter to the trustees of Dartmouth College (1835)
Liberty and law: A Lecture, Delivered Before the Young Men's Association, in Geneva, New-York, ngay 8 thang 11 nam 1837 (1838)


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Lien ket ngoai Bai giang cua Rev. Benjamin Hale
Bia mo cua Benjamin Hale
Bia mo cua Mary Caroline King Hale