Francis Wayland (March 7, 1796 - September 30, 1865), American educationist, was born in New York City. March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: Education WikEd is a MediaWiki set up specificially for educators and education research. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ...

His father was an Englishman of the same name, who was a Baptist pastor. The son graduated at Union College in 1813 and studied medicine in Troy and in New York City, but in 1816 entered Andover Theological Seminary, where he was greatly influenced by Moses Stuart. He was too poor to conclude his course in theology, and in 1817-1821 was a tutor at Union College, to which after five years as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Boston he returned in 1826 as professor of natural philosophy. Baptist churches are part of a Christian movement often regarded as an Evangelical, Protestant denomination. ... This article is about the college in New York; there are also Union Colleges in Barbourville, Kentucky and Lincoln, Nebraska and a Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Looking out on Broadway in downtown Troy. ... Andover Theological Seminary, now part of Andover Newton Theological School, is the oldest graduate school of theology in the United States. ... Moses Stuart (March 26, 1780 - January 4, 1852), American biblical scholar, was born in Wilton, Connecticut. ... Theology is literally reasonable discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Natural philosophy is a term applied to the objective study of nature and the physical universe before the development of modern science. ...

In 1827 he became president of Brown University. In the twenty-eight years of his administration he gradually built up the college, improving academic discipline, formed a library and gave scientific studies a more prominent place. He also worked for higher educational ideals outside the college, writing text-books on ethics and economics, and promoting the free school system of Rhode Island and especially (1828) of Providence. His Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States (1842) and his Report to the Corporation of Brown University of 1850 pointed the way to educational reforms, particularly the introduction of industrial courses, which were only partially adopted in his lifetime. He resigned the presidency of Brown in 1855, and in 1857-1858 was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Providence. 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Brown University is an Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Ethics is a general term for what is often described as the science (study) of morality. In philosophy, ethical behavior is that which is good or right. ... Economics (deriving from the Greek words οίκω [okos], house, and νέμω [nemo], rules hence household management) is the social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. ... State nickname: The Ocean State, Little Rhody Other U.S. States Capital Providence Largest city Providence Governor Donald Carcieri Official languages None Area 4,005 km² (50th)  - Land 2,709 km²  - Water 1,296 km² (32. ... Providence is the capital and largest city in Rhode Island, a state of the United States of America. ...

He was an early advocate of the temperance and anti-slavery causes, for many years was "inspector of the state prison and Providence county jail," president of the Prison Discipline Society, and active in prison reform and local charities. He was one of the "law and order" leaders during the "Dorr Rebellion" of 1842, and was called "the first citizen of Rhode Island." His son Francis (1826-1904) graduated at Brown in 1846, and studied law at Harvard; he became probate judge in Connecticut in 1864, was lieutenant-governor in 1869-1870, and in 1872 became a professor in the Yale Law School, of which he was dean from 1873 to 1903. The Dorr Rebellion was a short-lived armed insurrection in Rhode Island in 1841 and 1842, led by Thomas Wilson Dorr who was agitating for changes to the states electoral system. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ...

Besides several volumes of sermons and addresses and the volumes already mentioned, he published:

• Elements of Moral Science (1835, repeatedly revised and translated into foreign languages)
• Elements of Political Economy (1837), in which he advocated free-trade
• The Limitations of Human Responsibility (1838)
• Domestic Slavery Considered as a Scriptural Institution (1845)
• Memoirs of Harriet Ware (1850)
• Memoirs of Adoniram Judson (1853)
• Elements of Intellectual Philosophy (1854)
• Notes on the Principles and Practices of Baptist Churches (1857)
• Letters on the Ministry of the Gospel (1863)
• a brief Memoir of Thomas Chalmers (1864).

See The Life and Labors of Francis Wayland (2 vols, New York, 1867) by his sons Francis and Heman Lincoln; the shorter sketch (Boston, 1891) by James O Murray in the "American Religious Leaders" series; and an article by GC Verplanck in vol. xiv. of the American Journal of Education. Adoniram Judson - American Baptist missionary who labored almost 40 years in Burma (now called Myanmar). ... Thomas Chalmers Thomas Chalmers (March 17, 1780 - May 31, 1847), Scottish divine, was born at Anstruther in Fife. ...

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