Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . vard 1827, S 1853 — Princeton in Bedford, Mass., 1805; graduated Harvard,1827; Andover Theological Seminary, 1831 ; installed w ?ILL!AM AUGUSTUS STEARNS, ,, President of Amherst College, wasborn in Bedfoni, Massachusetts, March 17, 1805,the son of the Rev. Samuel Stearns, for forty yearsPastor of the Congregational Church in that was graduated at Harvard in 1827, and fou
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . vard 1827, S 1853 — Princeton in Bedford, Mass., 1805; graduated Harvard,1827; Andover Theological Seminary, 1831 ; installed w ?ILL!AM AUGUSTUS STEARNS, ,, President of Amherst College, wasborn in Bedfoni, Massachusetts, March 17, 1805,the son of the Rev. Samuel Stearns, for forty yearsPastor of the Congregational Church in that was graduated at Harvard in 1827, and fouryears later at the Andover Tlieological Seminary,also receiving the degree of Master of Arts fromHarvard in course. In the same year he was or-dained a minister of the Congregational Church,and installed Pastor of the church at Cambridgeport,Massachusetts. In 1854, upon the resignation ofDr. Edward Hitchcock, he was chosen President ofAmherst College, holding that position to the timeof his death, June 8, 1876, a period of twenty-twoyears, during which that College made great ad-vances. Dr. Stearns was chosen an Overseer ofHarvard in 1848, occupying a seat in that Board. WILLIAM A. STEARNS until he went to Amherst as President in 1854, andin 1853 received from Harvard the degree of Doc-tor of Divinity. Princeton conferred upon liim thedegree of Doctor of Laws in 1862. He publishedsermons and addresses and several devotional works, UNIVERSITIES AND rHEIR SONS 23 BEECHER, Lyman Yale 1797, i8og. Born in New Haven, Conn., 1775; graduated Yale,1797; licensed to preach, 1798; ordained over Presby-terian Church at East Hampton, L. I., 1799; Pastor ofCongregational Church in Litchfield, Conn., 1810; ofHanover Street Church, Boston, 1826; Pres. of LaneTheological Seminary, Ohio, 1832-52 ; M. A., Yale, i8og;, Middlebury, 1818; died 1863. LYMAN BEECHER, )., Clergyman, wasboiii ill New Haven, Connecticut, October2, 1775, the son of David Beecher, a blacksmitli,in which
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