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Rev. Leonard Woods, D.D., LL.D.
Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Rev. Leonard Woods, D.D., LL.D. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2] |
24 Nov 1807 |
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Death[1][3] |
24 Dec 1878 |
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Burial[1][4] |
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Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 STUDENTS. 1815, in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
78.
Leonard Woods, 8, Andover. U. 1827. *1878
Son of Prof. Leonard Woods and Abigail Wheeler.
Graduated 1823.
— And. Theol. Sem. 1830.
Instructor in Hebrew, And. Theol. Sem. 1830-31 :
editor Lit. and Theol. Review, New York;
Prof. Sac. Lit., Bangor Theol. Sem. ;
Pres. Bowd. Coll. twenty-seven years ;
translator of Knapp's Theology ;
author of Documentary History of Maine.
Mem. Me. Hist. Soc. :
Mem. Mass. Hist. Soc. ;
Mem. Amer. Antiq. Soc.
D.D. LL.D.
Died in Boston ; buried in Andover.
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[U = Union]
- ↑ Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911)
Vol. 1, p. 556.
WOODS, Leonard, s. Rev. Leonard and Abigail, [born] Nov. 24, 1807.
- ↑ Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
[1].
Deaths Registered in the City of Boston for the Year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight
No.: 7477
Date of Death: Dec'r 24 [1878]
Name: Leonard Woods
Sex: M
Condition: S.
Age: 71 y. 1 m. [birth about Nov 1807]
Cause: paralysis
Place of Death: 1 Staniford St.
Occupation: Clergyman
Place of Birth: Newbury
Parents: leonard / Abigail
Birthplaces of Parents: Princeton / Worcester
- ↑ Find A Grave: Phillips Academy Cemetery, Andover, MA, in Find A Grave
Leonard Woods.
[Front Side]
IN MEMORY
OF
LEONARD WOODS
D.D., LL.D.
PRESIDENT
OF
BOWDOIN COLLEGE.
[Back Side]
Born Nov. 24, 1807
Died Dec. 24, 1878
- Worcester, Jonathan Fox. A Memorial of the Class of 1827, Dartmouth College. (Hanover, New Hampshire: Centennial Anniversary of the College, 1869)
65.
LEONARD WOODS
Son of Rev. Dr. Leonard and Abigail (Wheeler) Woods, was born in Newbury, Mass., November 24, 1807. His father, a graduate of Harvard in 1796, became Professor in the Theological Seminary at Andover, Mass., in 1808; and, having held this office with eminent reputation for thirty eight years, died in Andover, August 24, 1854, aged 80.
He was prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover; entered the Freshman class at Dartmouth, in the Spring of 1824, and remained there a part of one term ; subsequently entered the Sophomore class in Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., where he graduated in 1827 ; studied Theology at Andover Theological Seminary, 1827–30; was licensed to preach by the Londonderry, N.H., Presbytery, in 1830; was Assistant Teacher in the Seminary at Andover, 1831–32; published a translation of Knapp's Theology, 1831-33; was ordained by the Third Presbytery of New York, at Laight Street Church, 1833; edited the "Literary and Theological Review," New York, 1834–37; was Professor of Biblical Literature in Bangor Theological Seminary, 1836–39; was President of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me., 1839–1866; travelled in Europe, 1867–68, for historical researches, the results of which are now in the course of publication by the Maine Historical Society. Since his return, he has resided in Brunswick.
He received the degree of D.D. from Waterville College in 1839, and from Harvard College in 1846 ; and the degree of LL.D. from Bowdoin in 1866.
Besides the works before named, he has published Eulogies on Daniel Webster and Prof. Parker Cleaveland, an Address on the opening of the New Hall of the Maine Medical School, and various articles in the Literary and Theological Review, the Biblical Repository, and the volumes of the Maine Historical Society.
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