Eliphaz Fay
American academic administrator
About Eliphaz Fay
Lived 1797 – 1854 (aged 56). Eliphaz Fay was an American.
Eliphaz Fay (April 27, 1797 – March 19, 1854) served as the fourth president of Colby College (then called the Waterville College) in Maine.
Personal life Fay was born to Solomon Fay, and Suzannah Morse, a schoolteacher in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Graduated from Brown University in 1821. He married Mary Helen (Lee) on April 20, 1829.
Elected President of Colby College in August 1841, after a year when the college had no president for the prior year. The enrollment was 76.
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Who was Eliphaz Fay?
American academic administrator (1797-1854)
When was Eliphaz Fay born?
Eliphaz Fay was born on 27 April 1797 in Marlborough.
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Eliphaz Fay died on 19 March 1854 in Poughkeepsie.
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Eliphaz Fay was American.
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