Background
Wayland, Francis was born on March 11, 1796 in New York City. Son of Francis and Sarah (Moore) Wayland.
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Francis Wayland
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Graduate Union College, 1813, Doctor of Divinity, (honorary), 1828. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Harvard, 1829, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1852. Attended Andover Theological Seminary, 1816.
Career
Mathematics and natural philosophy, 1826. Called to First Baptist Church, Boston, 1821. His sermons The Moral Dignity of the Missionary Enterprise (1823) and The Duties of An American Citizen (1825) became famous in their time.
President Brown U., 1827-1855, during his administration curriculum augmented, faculty enlarged, library endowed, new buildings added. Wrote textbooks in moral philosophy, intellectual philosophy and political economy. Instrumental in devising school system for Providence, Rhode Island.
1st president American Institute Instruction, 1830. Pastor First Baptist Church, Providence, for a time, after 1855. Trustee Butler Hospital.
Member state prison board. Outlined plan for national university, 1838. Author: Elements of Moral Science, 1835.
Elements of Political Economy, 1837. The Limitations of Human Responsibility, 1838. Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States, 1842.
The Duty of Obedience to the Civil Magistrate, 1847. Report on the Condition of the University, 1850. A Memoir of the Life and Labors of the Review Adoniram Judson, Doctor of Divinity, 1853.
The Elements of Intellectual Philosophy, 1854. Sermons to the Churches, 1858. Letters on the Ministry of the Gospel, 1863.
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Member state prison board.
Connections
Married Lucy Lane Lincoln, November 21, 1825. Married second, Mistress.
