Education
Trinity College.
Trinity College.
At Trinity in the 1840s and 1850s he was Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. In 1863, he raised the funds to build the Saint John's Chapel. In 1872, Jackson visited Britain, seeking models and an architect, for a planned new campus for the Trinity College.
William Burges was chosen and he drew up a four-quadrangled masterplan, in his Early French style.
Jackson was also on the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Connecticut. He died in 1874, leaving a considerable collection of books to the Hobart College.