Lincoln Administrations - Education
Education
While his father could write his name, for the most part the Lincoln family was illiterate and possessed little formal education. Lincoln attended school infrequently during his childhood, never for more than a few months, but he did learn the rudiments of spelling, grammar, and math.
Lincoln also developed a passion for reading and self-improvement and through his reading he became self-educated. Besides the family Bible (which he absorbed thoroughly and deeply), Lincoln read books such as Mason Locke Weem's The Life and Memorable Actions of George Washington, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, William Grimshaw's History of the United States, and Thomas Dilworth's A New Guide to the English Tongue. By the early 1830s Lincoln was reading the works of William Shakespeare and Robert Burns, and through his work in stores as both clerk and proprietor, he improved his math skills.
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