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Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College
b.29 Nov 1727 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
d.12 May 1795 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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m. Jul 1725
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m. 10 Feb 1757
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m. 17 Oct 1782
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Ezra Stiles ( – May 12, 1795) was an American educator, academic, Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. He is noted as the seventh president of Yale College (1778–1795) and one of the founders of Brown University. According to religious historian Timothy L. Hall, Stiles' tenure at Yale distinguishes him as "one of the first great American college presidents."
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