| Heman Humphrey | |
|---|---|
| President of Amherst College | |
| Term | 1823 – 1845 |
| Predecessor | Zephaniah Swift Moore |
| Successor | Edward Hitchcock |
| Born | March 26, 1779 West Simsbury, Connecticut |
| Died | April 3, 1861 (aged 82) Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
Heman Humphrey (March 26, 1779 – April 3, 1861) was a 19th-century American author and clergyman who served as 2nd president of Amherst College for 22 years.[1][2][3][4] Humphrey was influential in the nineteenth-century temperance movement and typical of the early proponents of prohibition. (Hugins, Walter (ed.), The Reform Impulse, 1825–1850). Columbia, SC 1972.
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Zephaniah Swift Moore |
President of Amherst College 1823–1845 |
Succeeded by Edward Hitchcock |