Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight
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Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1816-1889) was an American educator and author, born in New Haven, Connecticut. He was educated at Hamilton College, New York and at the Yale Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1838. He founded the Congregational church at Joliet, Ill. in 1846 and served as its pastor for two years. After moving to Brooklyn, N. Y., he founded the Dwight High School, which he conducted for 12 years. From 1858 to 1867 he conducted similar schools at Clinton, N. Y. and in New York City. His publications include:
- The Higher Christian Education (1859)
- Modern Philology (1864)
- History of the Dwight Family in America (1874)
- Woman's Higher Culture: The True Doctrine of Divine Providence (1887)
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