Background
Neill, Edward Duffield was born on August 9, 1823 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Doctor Henry and Martha (Duffield) Neill.
Neill, Edward Duffield was born on August 9, 1823 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Doctor Henry and Martha (Duffield) Neill.
Graduate Amherst, 1842. Studied at Andover Theological Seminary.
Church, 1847, ordained to ministry, 1848. Founder 1st Presbyterian Church Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory, 1849, pastor, 1849-1854. Pastor House of Hope Presbyterian Church, 1855-1860.
Secretary Minnesota History Society, 1851-1863.
A founder Saint Paul Public school system. 1st superintendent instruction Minnesota Territory, 1851-1853.
Founder, president Baldwin school and College Saint Paul. Chancellor University of Minnesota, 1858-1861.
State superintendent public instruction Minnesota, 1860-1861.
Chaplain 1st Minn Infantry, 1861-1862. Hospital chaplain United States Army, Philadelphia, 1862-1864. Assistant secretary to presidents Lincoln and Johnson.
United States consul in Dublin, Ireland.
Founder Minnesota Jesus College, 1872. President Macalester College, 1874-1884, professor of history, English literature and political economy, 1885.
Author: A History of Minnesota, 1858. Terra Mariae; or Threads of Maryland Colonial History, 1867.
Virginia Carolorum, 1886.
Concise History of Minnesota, 1887.
Married Nancy Hall, October 4, 1847, 5 children.