Charles Pomeroy Otis

Charles Pomeroy Otis (April 8, 1840 – November 17, 1888) was an American educator and author.

Early life Charles Pomeroy Otis was born on April 8, 1840, in Lebanon, Connecticut, to Olive M. (née Osgood) and reverend Israel T. Otis. His father was a pastor at Levanon. In 1844, he moved with his father to Rye, New Hampshire. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from Yale College in 1861.

Following graduation, Otis was principal at an academy in Fairfield, Connecticut, for about a year. He then became a teacher at the Russell Military Academy in New Haven. In January 1865, he became a Latin tutor at Yale College. In July 1869, he resigned and spent three years in Europe, mainly Paris and Berlin. He then studied again at Yale and graduated with a PhD in 1873.

Personal life Otis married Sarah Margaret Noyes of Boston on June 11, 1884. They had two sons.