Timothy Dwight V (1828 - 1916) was President of Yale University from 1886 through 1899. 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D.
He was born in Norwich, Connecticut, the son of James Dwight and his wife Susan Breed, and the grandson of Yale President Timothy Dwight IV. Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D., President of Yale University. ... Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D., President of Yale University. ... Norwich is a city located in New London County, Connecticut. ... Timothy Dwight (May 14, 1752 - January 11, 1817), grandson of theologian Jonathan Edwards, was a Congregationalist minister. ...
He received his undergraduate degree at Yale in 1849.
Appointed professor of sacred literature at Yale, he assisted in the reorganization of the divinity school, edited the New Englander (1866–74), and served on the American committee on the revision of the Bible (1873–85). In 1886 he succeeded Noah Porter as president of Yale. He expanded the institution, securing the legislative charter that authorized the title university instead of college, and retired in 1898. Noah Porter (December 14, 1811 - March 14, 1892), American educationalist and philosophical writer, was born in Farmington, Connecticut. ...
He is the author of Thoughts of and for the Inner Life (1899) and Memories of Yale Life and Men (1903).
Reference
F. Parsons, Six Men of Yale (1936, repr. 1971).
Preceded by: Noah Porter III Noah Porter (December 14, 1811 - March 14, 1892), American educationalist and philosophical writer, was born in Farmington, Connecticut. ...
Succeeded by: Arthur Twining Hadley For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... Arthur Twining Hadley (1856-1930) was an economist who served as President of Yale University from 1899 to 1921. ...
Dwight was a man of unflinching integrity and an outspoken opponent of slavery.
President Dwight's third son, James Dwight (1784 - 1863), was a successful merchant; and his son, TimothyDwight, educator, born in Norwich, Connecticut, 16 November 1828, was graduated at Yale in 1849, studied theology there in 1850'3, was a tutor in the College in 1851'5, and studied at Bonnand Berlin, Germany, in 1856'8.
The elder President Dwight's fifth son, Sereno Edwards Dwight, educator, born in Greenfield Hill, Connecticut, 18 May 1786: died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 30 November 1850, was graduated at Yale in 1803, and after teaching in Litchfield, Connecticut, and acting as his father's amanuensis, was tutor at Yale in 1806'10.
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