Rev. Edward Duffield Neill

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Rev. Edward Duffield Neill was a 19th-century American Presbyterian minister, educator, and historian who played a key role in developing higher education in Minnesota.

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instanceOf Presbyterian minister
educator
historian
human
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
centuryOfActivity 19th century
contributedTo development of higher education in Minnesota
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
denomination Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
educatedAt Amherst College
Andover Theological Seminary
employer Macalester College
United States government
surface form: United States federal government

University of Minnesota
familyName Neill
fieldOfWork American history
Minnesota history
colonial American history
givenName Edward
knownFor early leadership of the University of Minnesota
founding leadership of Macalester College
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableWork History of Minnesota
Terra Mariæ: or, Threads of Maryland Colonial History
The History of the Virginia Company of London
occupation clergyman
educator
historian
participantIn American Civil War
placeOfBirth Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
placeOfDeath Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
surface form: St. Paul, Minnesota
placeOfResidence Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
surface form: St. Paul, Minnesota
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of Minnesota
Minnesota State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Secretary to the United States Legation in London
U.S. Consulate General in Dublin
surface form: United States Consul to Dublin

chaplain in the Union Army
president of Macalester College
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
sexOrGender male
wroteAbout French exploration in North America
early colonial Maryland
early colonial Virginia
missionary history in the Northwest

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Macalester College foundedBy Rev. Edward Duffield Neill