Hosea Ballou II

For the theologian (1771–1852), see Hosea Ballou.
Hosea Ballou II
President of Tufts University
In office
1853–1861
Succeeded by Alonzo Ames Miner
Personal details
Born October 18, 1796
Guilford, Vermont
Died May 27, 1861 (aged 64)
Medford, Massachusetts

Hosea Ballou II (October 18, 1796 May 27, 1861) was an American Universalist minister and the first president of Tufts University from 1853 to 1861.[1]

Life

He was born in Halifax, Vermont.[1] He promoted the establishment of seminaries for religious training, something which was at that time opposed by a number of influential Universalists including his uncle Hosea. He edited or wrote for a number of Universalist publications. In 1843, he replaced Ellery Channing as a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and retained this position until 1858.[2]

He was the son of Asahel Ballou and Martha Starr, a descendant of Comfort Starr, one of the original incorporators of Harvard College.[3] Hosea Ballou II was also the grand-nephew of Hosea Ballou, and was associated with him in editing The Universalist Quarterly Review.[1] He married Clarissa Hatch in 1820, and they had seven children.

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Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ballou, Hosea". Encyclopædia Britannica 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  2. Howe & Hughes 1999.
  3. Hosea Ballou, 2nd, First President of Tufts College, Hosea Starr Ballou, E. P. Guild & Co., Boston, 1896

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