Ezra Stiles

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Ezra Stiles was an 18th-century American clergyman, scholar, and educator best known for leading Yale College through a period of intellectual and institutional growth during the early years of the United States.

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instanceOf college president
educator
human
scholar
burialPlace Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED
citizenship British America NERFINISHED
United States of America
countryOfBirth British America NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1727-11-29
dateOfDeath 1795-05-12
educatedAt Yale College NERFINISHED
employer Yale College NERFINISHED
endTime 1795
familyName Stiles NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork education
history
theology
givenName Ezra NERFINISHED
graduationYear 1746
hasPart correspondence with leading figures of the American Revolution
influenced development of higher education in the United States
knownFor leading Yale College during the early years of the United States
promoting intellectual and institutional growth at Yale
support for scientific and philosophical inquiry
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
notableWork Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles NERFINISHED
occupation clergyman
college president
educator
scholar
theologian
participatedIn intellectual life of early United States
placeOfBirth North Haven, Connecticut Colony NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New Haven, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld President of Yale College
religion Congregationalism
residence New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED
Newport, Rhode Island NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
startTime 1778
studied Hebrew
classical languages
workedAsClergyAt Second Congregational Church, Newport, Rhode Island NERFINISHED

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