About Isaac Ferris
Lived 1798 – 1873 (aged 74). Isaac Ferris was an American civil servant.
Isaac Ferris (1798–1873) was a clergyman of the Reformed Church in America, He received a D.D. degree from Union College in 1833, and an L.L.D. from Columbia in 1853.
In 1820, he was appointed by the Board of Domestic Missions to labor in the Classis of Montgomery. He served in the Second Reformed Church of Albany, New York from 1824 to 1836 and was active in the Market Street Church in New York City from 1836 to 1853. He served as Chancellor of New York University from 1853 to 1870. During his tenure he brought financial stability to the university.
Ferris was also a founder of the Rutgers Female College, a member of the American Bible Society, founder of the YMCA of Greater New York.
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Who was Isaac Ferris?
American University president (1798-1873)
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Isaac Ferris was born on 9 October 1798.
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Isaac Ferris died on 16 June 1873.
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Isaac Ferris was a civil servant.
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Isaac Ferris was American.
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