| dbpprop:abstract
|
- Eleazar Wheelock (April 22, 1711 – April 24, 1779) was an American Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College. He was born in Windham, Connecticut to Ralph Wheelock and Ruth Huntington. He is the great-grandson of the first teacher of the first free school in the United States, The Rev. Ralph Wheelock. In 1733, he graduated from Yale College having won the first award of the Dean Berkeley Donation for the distinction in classics. He continued his theological studies at Yale until he was licensed to preach in May 1734, and installed as pastor of the Second Congregational Church of Lebanon, Conn. in February 1735. He served as their minister for 35 years. On April 29, 1735, he married Sarah Davenport. He participated fully and enthusiastically in the Great Awakening, which had begun to sweep the Connecticut River Valley around the time of his graduation from Yale. He was one of its greatest proponents in Connecticut, serving as the "chief intelligencer of revival news". Wheelock, Vermont is named in honor of him. It is located in Calidonia County, Vermont.
- Eleazar Wheelock war ein amerikanischer kongregationalistischer Gemeindepfarrer, Redner, Erzieher und Gründer des Dartmouth College.
- Eleazar Wheelock était un religieux congrégationaliste américain qui fonda le Dartmouth College en 1769. Figure majeure du « Grand Réveil » dans les Treize colonies, Wheelock fonda en 1754 la Moor's Charity School à Lebanon (Connecticut), une école destinée à l'instruction des Amérindiens. Il souhaitait transformer cet établissement en college, mais le Connecticut refusait. À l'aide de l'un de ses élèves, l'Indien Samson Occom, il créa le Dartmouth College dans le New Hampshire, plus au nord.
|
| rdfs:comment
|
- Eleazar Wheelock (April 22, 1711 – April 24, 1779) was an American Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College. He was born in Windham, Connecticut to Ralph Wheelock and Ruth Huntington. He is the great-grandson of the first teacher of the first free school in the United States, The Rev. Ralph Wheelock. In 1733, he graduated from Yale College having won the first award of the Dean Berkeley Donation for the distinction in classics.
- Eleazar Wheelock war ein amerikanischer kongregationalistischer Gemeindepfarrer, Redner, Erzieher und Gründer des Dartmouth College.
- Eleazar Wheelock était un religieux congrégationaliste américain qui fonda le Dartmouth College en 1769. Figure majeure du « Grand Réveil » dans les Treize colonies, Wheelock fonda en 1754 la Moor's Charity School à Lebanon (Connecticut), une école destinée à l'instruction des Amérindiens. Il souhaitait transformer cet établissement en college, mais le Connecticut refusait.
|
![[RDF Data]](/statics/sw-cube.png)
