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Andover Theological Seminary (1807–1965) was a Congregationalist seminary founded in 1807 and originally located in Andover, Massachusetts on the campus of Phillips Academy. From 1908 to 1931, it was located at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts .
Manning was born in Greenwood, New York, graduated from Amherst College in 1850, studied theology at Andover Theological Seminary, and in 1854 was ordained as pastor of the Mystic Church in Medford, Massachusetts. [1] In 1857 he became assistant pastor of Old South Church, Boston, where he became pastor in 1872 until he stepped down on March 15 ...
In the spring of 1848 he moved his family to Andover, Massachusetts, where he became professor of sacred rhetoric and homiletics at Andover Theological Seminary. [1] In 1869 he was selected as president of Andover, a role he served in until 1879 when failing health forced him to resign.
In 1825, he became a professor of mathematics at Bowdoin College, and in 1846 became an associate professor of natural philosophy. The Bowdoin College Department of Mathematics Smyth Prize is named in his honor. Smyth was an ardent abolitionist of slavery and supporter of the temperance movement.
Abbott graduated at Bowdoin College in 1825, prepared for the ministry at Andover Theological Seminary, and between 1830 and 1844, when he retired from the ministry in the Congregational Church, preached successively at Worcester, Roxbury, and Nantucket, all in Massachusetts.
Leonard Woods. Leonard Woods (June 19, 1774 – August 24, 1854) [1] was an American theologian.He was widely known for upholding orthodox Calvinism over Unitarianism.. In 1796, Woods graduated from Harvard, and was soon ordained pastor in 1798 of the Congregational Church at West Newbury, MA.
Establishing Wheelock Seminary, translating religious texts from English into Choctaw language Alfred Wright (1788–1853) was born in Connecticut in 1788. His parents could not afford to send him to school, so he worked on the family farm until he was 17 years old and could support his own education.
Andover Theological Seminary (1837) Samuel Harvey Taylor (October 3, 1807 – January 29, 1871) was an American educator and 6th Principal [ a ] of Phillips Academy Andover from 1837 to 1871, the longest to hold the office to date.