Heman Humphrey
| Heman Humphrey | |
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| President of Amherst College | |
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In office 1823–1845 | |
| Preceded by | Zephaniah Swift Moore |
| Succeeded by | Edward Hitchcock |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 26, 1779 West Simsbury, Connecticut |
| Died |
April 3, 1861 (aged 82) Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
| Spouse(s) | Sophia Porter (1785-1868) |
| Alma mater | Yale class of 1805. |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
Heman Humphrey (March 26, 1779 – April 3, 1861) was born in Hartford County, Conn. He graduated from Yale University with an A.M. in 1805. Humphrey was a 19th-century American author and clergyman who served as 2nd president of Amherst College for 22 years.[1][2][3][4] He was ordained a Congregational minister on March 16, 1807. He pastored in Fairfield, Conn., 1807-1817, and Pittsfield, Mass., 1817-1823.[5] 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. He was the father of U.S. Representative James Humphrey.
Bibliography
- Humphrey, Rev. Heman, D.D (1854). THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE. Reed, Hull & Peirson, Pittsfield. p. 32. Url
References
- ↑ Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
- ↑ Heman Humphrey and John R. Rice on Revival Praying
- ↑ William Stearns, President (amherstiana.org)
- ↑ Heman Humphrey, President (amherstiana.org)
- ↑ "Heman Humphrey Sermons". Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Amherst, MA. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
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| Preceded by Zephaniah Swift Moore |
President of Amherst College 1823–1845 |
Succeeded by Edward Hitchcock |
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