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Timothy Dwight
Timothy Dwight 1828-1916, American educator, b. Norwich, Conn., grad. Yale, 1849; grandson of Timothy Dwight (1752-1817). 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. He is the author of Thoughts of and for the Inner Life (1899) and Memories of Yale Life and Men (1903).
Bibliography: See F. Parsons, Six Men of Yale (1936, repr. 1971).
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New England's Moral Legislator: Timothy Dwight, 1752-1817.
Magazine article from: Church History; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; New England's Moral Legislator: Timothy Dwight, 1752-1817. By John R. Fitzmier. Religion in...individual sometimes dubbed the Connecticut "Pope." Timothy Dwight's career was varied--as poet, minister, schoolmaster...
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Goodness, beauty, and the aesthetics of discipline in Timothy Dwight's landscapes.(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Cultural Geography; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Timothy Dwight, eighth President of Yale, traveled...agrarian republicanism. Keywords: Timothy Dwight; aesthetic; landscape Introduction...and New York? Such was the hope of Timothy Dwight, eighth President of Yale, "moral...
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TIMOTHY DWIGHT'S ANGLO-AMERICAN GEORGIC: GREENFIELD HILL AND THE RISE OF UNITED STATES IMPERIALISM.
Magazine article from: Studies in the Literary Imagination; 9/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...the seventh and concluding book of Timothy Dwight's georgic Greenfield Hill (1794...writing a "poetry of containment," Dwight wants to make his "moral song prevail...virtuous labors, the preacher-poet Dwight elaborates, through the idealized...
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TIMOTHY DWIGHT SCHOOL SAYS GOODBYE TO PUPILS, CELEBRATES FOURTH GRADE GRADUATING CLASS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 6/23/2008; 508 words
; ...Public Schools issued the following news release: Timothy Dwight School had an emotional graduation ceremony today for...in 1863 at 116 Edgewood Avenue. It was named after Timothy Dwight, a president of Yale University who founded the Yale...
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Timothy Dwight College at Yale University, New Haven, CT.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Stone & Tile Design; 9/22/2001; 700+ words
; ...and reinvent the key spaces of the institution's Timothy Dwight College and Rosenfeld Hall. The college, which was...AIA, ASLA. Rosenfeld Hall, presently an annex of Timothy Dwight College that provides student housing, will be expanded...
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'The last and brightest empire of time': Timothy Dwight and America as Voegelin's 'authoritative present,' 1771-1787.(Essay)
Magazine article from: Humanitas; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) aspired to write epic...old-fashioned literary taste. Still, Dwight and his circle at Yale pressed on, fully...than the seat of the millennial kingdom. Dwight was at the forefront of this work of the...
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The Devil and Doctor Dwight: Satire and Theology in the Early American Republic.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the book), The Devil and Doctor Dwight is, as its subtitle accurately...Triumph of Infidelity" (1788) by Timothy Dwight, which is printed in a critical...whole related series of conflicts in Dwight's career and American intellectual...
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Dwight closing, joining Troup?
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 6/6/2008; ; 561 words
; ...Benton Register Staff NEW HAVEN -- Timothy Dwight School will close and merge with...it expects to save from closing Dwight, but Chief Operating Officer William...some utility savings from closing Dwight, it's not planning to mothball...
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Yale and Dwight Community cooperate to expand elementary school.
M2 Presswire; 4/19/2001; 700+ words
; ...2001-YALE UNIVERSITY: Yale and Dwight Community cooperate to expand elementary...Conn. -- An addition to the Timothy Dwight Elementary School, 130 Edgewood...of Education and residents of the Dwight neighborhood. The 10,000-square...
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DWIGHT MAN DIES IN RIVER ACCIDENT
Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL); 6/25/1997; 383 words
; ...investigating an apparent drowning accident that occurred in the Kankakee River near town on Tuesday. The body of Timothy Haley, 18, of Dwight was recovered by Custer Park fire department divers at 6:32 p.m. Tuesday evening. "There is no indication...
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Timothy Dwight
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Timothy Dwight Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), an American Congregational minister, was president of Yale College and New England's leading religious politician. Timothy Dwight was born in Northhampton, Mass., into one of New England's...
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Dwight, Timothy (1752-1817)
Book article from: American Eras
Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) President of yale college Reformer . As president of Yale, Timothy Dwight was not only that college ’...running the school. Restless Energy . Timothy Dwight was born on 14 May 1752 in Northampton...
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Dwight, Timothy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Dwight, Timothy (1752–1817),born in Massachusetts...Jonathan Edwards and brother of Theodore Dwight. He showed precocious brilliance by entering...proprietor of a coeducational school, Dwight established himself as a leading Calvinist...
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Dwight, Theodore
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Dwight, Theodore (1764–1846...grandson of Jonathan Edwards and brother of Timothy Dwight, is remembered as one of the Connecticut...York Daily Advertiser. His son Theodore Dwight (1796–1866) edited an independent...
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Theodore Dwight
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Theodore Dwight 1764-1846, American author, b. Northampton, Mass.; brother of Timothy Dwight and grandson of Jonathan Edwards. A leader of the Federalist party in New England, he became famous for his political pamphlets and articles...
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