
Dr. Daniel Maycock
about the teacher
I grew up in Georgia where I was home schooled K-12 and had the privilege to study under Wes Callihan (Schola Classical Tutorials) throughout high school. I have a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of South Carolina (2025) and earned an M.A. in Liberal Arts at St. John’s College, Annapolis (2013). My undergraduate work was done at LaGrange College, in LaGrange, Georgia, where I earned a B.A. in English, a B.A. in Music, and minored in Philosophy (2010). My Philosophy minor was awarded in recognition of my studies at Oxford University, UK, where for a term I studied Ancient Philosophy and Philosophical Hermeneutics (2009). I also teach at Memoria Academy (2013 – present), and taught Literature, Composition, Logic, Rhetoric, Geometry, Physics, and Precalculus for a number of years. Since 2022, I have also been Head of the Math Department. In addition to teaching online, I taught Freshman English for two years at the University of South Carolina (2017-18, 2019-20). I and my wife, Haley, live in South Carolina and have three wonderful children. We are members in good standing at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Columbia, SC. In my free time, I enjoy music (classical guitar, piano, …