Jonathan Edwards (Washington & Jefferson College)
Jonathan Edwards | |
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First President of Washington & Jefferson College | |
In office April 4, 1866 – April 20, 1869 | |
Preceded by | John W. Scott (Washington College) David Hunter Riddle (Jefferson College) |
Succeeded by | George P. Hays |
President of Hanover College | |
In office 1855–1857 | |
Preceded by | Thomas E. Thomas |
Succeeded by | James Wood |
Personal details | |
Born | July 19, 1817 Cincinnati, Ohio |
Died | July 13, 1891 Peoria, Illinois | (aged 73)
Alma mater | Hanover College |
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Jonathan Edwards (1817–1891) was the first president of Washington & Jefferson College following the union of Washington College and Jefferson College.[1]
Biography[]
Edwards was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 19, 1817.[2] He graduated from Hanover College in 1835 and from Hanover's theological department in 1838.[1] Edwards taught in Kentucky from 1838 to 1842 before becoming ordained clergy in the Presbyterian Church in 1844.[1] He served as pastor at various churches in Ohio, Maryland, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Edwards served as the fifth president of Hanover College from 1855 through 1857.[1]
On April 4, 1866, Edwards was elected as the first president of the newly unified Washington & Jefferson College.[1] By the end of his presidency, the college was considering consolidating the two campuses, a direction Edwards supported.[1] Edwards resigned the presidency of W&J on April 20, 1869 to accept a pastoral charge in Baltimore.[1] He died in Peoria, Illinois on July 13, 1891.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Jonathan Edwards (1866-1869)". U. Grant Miller Library Digital Archives. Washington & Jefferson College. September 4, 2003.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. II. James T. White & Company. 1921. p. 124. Retrieved May 3, 2021 – via Google Books.
- 1817 births
- 1891 deaths
- Educators from Cincinnati
- Hanover College alumni
- Presidents of Washington & Jefferson College
- 19th-century Presbyterian ministers
- American Presbyterian ministers
- 19th-century American educators
- 19th-century American clergy