Son of Anthony and Jane (Shoemaker) Hallowell. He was a famous educator having taught at Friend's School, Westfield, N.J.; Fair Hill School, Sandy Springs, Maryland and Westtown Friend's School, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. He established his own school in Alexandria, Virginia but in 1845 was induced by Friend's of Philadelphia to leave Alexandria for a year to go to Philadelphia to establish the institution now known as Friends' Central School. Source: Lida Merz.