Edward_Wigglesworth_(1732–1794)

Edward Wigglesworth (1732–1794)

Edward Wigglesworth (1732–1794)

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Edward Wigglesworth (1732–1794), the son of Edward Michael Wigglesworth (c. 1693–1765), occupied the Hollis Chair of divinity at the Harvard Divinity School from 1765 to 1792.[1][2] His father had been the first to hold that position.[3] He was the acting President of Harvard from 1780 to 1781.

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He graduated from Harvard University in 1749.[4] He was a charter member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1780).[5]

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  1. [1]
    The National cyclopaedia of American biography, Volume 9. J.T. White. 1899. pp. 237–38.
  2. [2]
    m'Clure, Alexander Wilson (1847). "President Quincy's Statements Exposed and Corrected". The Christian Observatory. 1: 500–507. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Wigglesworth Family Papers". Massachusetts Historical Society.
  4. [4]
    "Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University". 1895.
  5. [5]
    "Charter of Incorporation of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.


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