Person:Theodore Dwight (1)

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Theodore William Dwight (1822–1892) was an American jurist and educator, cousin of Theodore Dwight Woolsey and of Timothy Dwight V.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Theodore William Dwight, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

   [cos1776 20140114 Note: Wikipedia death date (28 Jun 1892) may be incorrect. Others ^2,3,4 list date as 29 Jun 1892. Need to follow up with primary source, if possible.]

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Theodore William Dwight, in Find A Grave.

   [Includes memorial photo.]

3. ↑ Death Notice of Theodore W. Dwight, in The New York Times. (New York, New York)
   30 Jun 1892.

   THEODORE W. DWIGHT DEAD; THE END OF A LONG, ACTIVE, AND HONORABLE CAREER. DEATH OVERTOOK THE EMINENT PROFESSOR AT HIS HOME IN CLINTON -- HIS GREAT INTEREST IN CHARITIES AND PRISON REFORM.
   
   The death of Theodore William Dwight, which occurred yesterday, removes one of the ablest jurists and the most widely-known authority on legal teaching and questions in the country. He died at his home, in Clinton, N.Y. He had been III for six weeks, but until within a few days his condition was not regarded as serious. His death was directly due to sciatica, which developed into an affection of the heart.
   Theodore William Dwight was born at Catskill, N.Y., July 18, 1822. When eighteen years old he was graduated at Hamilton College. In 1841 and 1842 he studied at the Yale Law School. He then returned to Hamilton as a tutor, and in 1846 was chosen as the Maynard Professor of Law. In 1858 he became connected with Columbia College, being elected Professor of Municipal Law. He soon became Warden of the Columbia Law School. The degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Rutgers College in 1859 and by Columbia College in 1860.
   Prof. Dwight became known as one of the most successful teachers of law, and his services were desired by many institutions. He was elected non-resident Professor of Constitutional Law at Cornell University in 1868, and Lecturer at Amherst College. Law students receiving instruction at his hands deemed themselves particularly fortunate. The regard in which he was held by his former pupils has been indicated by the formation in this city of the Dwight Alumni Association, composed of those who had enjoyed his instruction. This association gave its annual dinner at Music Hall June 6. Prof. Dwight was then too ill and too feeble to attend. The words there spoken testified to the love for him that dwells in the hearts of his old-time pupils.
   In February of last year Prof. Dwight tendered to the Trustees of Columbia College his resignation as Warden of the Law School, accompanying it with the request that he be placed on the emeritus list under conditions already understood. The resignation was accepted and the request complied with. The Trustees passed a resolution expressing their appreciation of his lifelong services and asking that he sit for his portrait, a committee being already charged with the duty of arranging for its painting.
   Prof. Dwight was the author of a large number of articles on legal matters. In 1863 he published "An Argument in the Rose Will and Charity Cases," and in association with Dr. E.C. Wines he published "Prisons and Reformatories in the United States." In 1864 he edited Maine's "Ancient Law."
   In 1886 Prof. Dwight was counsel for five professors of Andover Theological Seminary against whom complaints of heterodoxy had been made before the Board of Visitors, and his argument in their favor was subsequently published. He also wrote the first elaborate report of the New York State Board of Charities, exhibiting the abuses of the poor law system at that time in force. He was the author of a pamphlet on "Influence of the Writings of James Harrington on American Political Institutions," and for many years was the associate editor of the American Law Register.
   Prof. Dwight was a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1867, and of its Judiciary Committee. For many years he was Vice President of the New York State Board of Charities. In 1873 he was a leading member of the famous Committee of Seventy. The following year he was appointed by Gov. Dix a Judge on the Commission of appeals which then aided the Court of Appeals to clear its docket. In 1878 he was appointed by Gov. Robinson as State Commissioner to the International Prison Congress at Stockholm, Sweden.
   Prof. Dwight was deeply interested in matters relating to the treatment of criminals, and was for a time President of the New York State Prison Association. He was one of the committee appointed to locate the Elmira Reformatory Prison.
   While he made teaching his great work, Prof. Dwight became not less well known and regarded in whatever by-path he chose to walk. His gentleness of manner and kindliness of heart were characteristic, and in following the lines they would indicate he did noble work in the causes of charity and prison reform.

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 In Memoriam Theodore William Dwight.

   Born July 18th, 1822. Died June 29th, 1892.
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   [posted by Godfrey Memorial Library from unnamed source]

5. ↑ 6565-6. iii. PROF. THEODORE WILLIAM DWIGHT, LL.D., in Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge. The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass. (Albany, New York: J. Munsell, 1871)
   Vol 1.

   p 374-375 -
   ... [8th Gen.]
   6565-6. iii. PROF. THEODORE WILLIAM DWIGHT, LL.D. (son of Benjamin Woolsey Dwight, M.D., and Sophia Strong) b. at Catskill, N.Y., July 18, 1822 ; grad. at Hamilton Coll., in 1840 ; studied law at New Haven Law School ; tutor at Hamilton Coll., for 4 years (1842-4) ; Prof. there for 12 years of law, history, civil polity and political economy (1846-58), since 1858 prof. of municipal law, and warden of the Columbia Coll. Law School in New York city, now numbering (1871) two hundred and forty-three pupils. Since July, 1868, he has fiven an annual course of lectures on constitutional law in Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. He is the author of "Dwight on Charities." He m. Aug. 24, 1847, Mary Bond Olmstead b. Feb. 26, 1823 (dau. of Asa Olmstead, Esq. of Clinton, N.Y., previously of Northfield, Ct., and Mary Proctor Bond). He is five feet 10 inches in height, of florid comPlexion, light auburn hair, dark hazel eyes and of a sanguine temperament, and weighs 200 lbs.
   
   [9th Gen.] Children:
   6595. i. WILLIAM Olmstead Dwight b. April 10, 1854, d. Aug. 18, 1859.
   6596. ii. GERTRUDE Elizabeth Dwight b. Sept. 21, 1856.
   6597. iii. NELLY Theodora Dwight b. March 2, 1861. ...

6. ↑ [cos1776 20140114 Note: Wikipedia death date (28 Jun 1892) may be incorrect. Others ^2,3,4 list date as 29 Jun 1892. Need to follow up with primary source, if possible.]