Jacob Lindley
Founder of Ohio University
About Jacob Lindley
Lived 1774 – 1857 (aged 82). Jacob Lindley was an American religious person.
Jacob Lindley (June 13, 1774 – January 29, 1857) was the first president of Ohio University, between 1809 and 1822.
Life Lindley was educated at Thaddeus Dod's log college (later Jefferson College) and College of New Jersey.
He was one of the founders of the Franklin Literary Society at Jefferson College. Jacob Lindley married Hannah.
Jacob and Hannah's eldest child was Daniel Lindley who was born in Pennsylvania on August 24, 1801. He was a missionary in southern Africa. He and his wife Lucy founded the Inanda Seminary School in 1869. Lindley was pastor to the Voortrekkers in the first Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State.
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Who was Jacob Lindley?
Founder of Ohio University
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Jacob Lindley was born on 13 June 1774.
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Jacob Lindley died on 29 January 1857.
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Jacob Lindley was a religious person.
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Jacob Lindley was American.
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