About Jonathan Edwards
Lived 1817 – 1891 (aged 73). Jonathan Edwards was an American educator.
Jonathan Edwards (1817–1891) was the sixth president of Hanover College
Biography Edwards was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 19, 1817. He graduated from Hanover College in 1835 and was awarded an A.M. from Hanover in 1839.
On April 4, 1866, Edwards was elected as the first president of the newly unified Washington & Jefferson College. By the end of his presidency, the college was considering consolidating the two campuses, a direction Edwards supported. Edwards resigned the presidency of W&J on April 20, 1869, to accept a pastoral charge in Baltimore. He died in Peoria, Illinois on July 13, 1891.
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Who was Jonathan Edwards?
Washington & Jefferson College
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Jonathan Edwards was born on 19 July 1817 in Cincinnati.
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Jonathan Edwards died on 13 July 1891 in Peoria.
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Jonathan Edwards was an educator.
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Jonathan Edwards was American.
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