Willard Preston
Willard Preston | |
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President of the University of Vermont | |
In office 1825–1826 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Uxbridge, Massachusetts | May 29, 1785
Died | April 26, 1856 Savannah, Georgia | (aged 70)
Education | Brown University |
Occupation | Clergyman, educator |
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Willard Preston (1785–1856) was the fourth President of the University of Vermont, and was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by the University of Georgia after 25 years of service to the Independent Presbyterian Church of Savannah.
Early life, education, and early service[]
Preston was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts on May 29, 1785.[1] He was educated in Uxbridge.[2] He graduated from Brown University in 1806 and served churches at Uxbridge, in Rhode Island, and Vermont.[2]
4th President of UVM, and honorary doctorate from the University of Georgia[]
In 1825 he became the 4th President of the University of Vermont UVM. During his tenure, the Marquis de Layfayette laid the cornerstone of the south College of UVM.[2] He pastored the well known Independent Presbyterian church of Savannah, Georgia for over 25 years. He received an honorary DD from the University of Georgia, prior to his death in 1856.[2] Preston had several bound volumes of published sermons and is perhaps best known for a farewell sermon at St. Albans, Vermont, and a sermon during a period of national fasting and mourning on the death of President Harrison in 1841.
Willard Preston died at his home in Savannah, Georgia on April 26, 1856.[3]
References[]
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. II. James T. White & Company. 1921. p. 40. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Former President Rev. Willard Preston". University of Vermont, Office of the President. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "The Rev. Willard Preston, D.D." The Daily Picayune. May 3, 1856. p. 2. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Educators from Massachusetts
- People from Uxbridge, Massachusetts
- Brown University alumni
- Presidents of the University of Vermont
- People from Savannah, Georgia
- 1785 births
- 1856 deaths
- 19th-century American educators