Ebenezer Adams

Ebenezer Adams (October 22, 1765 - August 15, 1841) was a noted educator. He was born to Ephraim Adams and Rebecca Locke Adams in 1765. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1791, and became the academic preceptor of Leicester, Massachusetts the following year. In 1795, he married Alice Frink, with whom he had five children. He became the first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at the Phillips Exeter Academy. In 1807, he married Beulah Minot, with whom he had two children. In 1809, he was made the professor of languages at Dartmouth College. He remained in that position through 1833. He also served as president of the Bible Society of New Hampshire. He died in 1841.