Background
Atwater, Lyman Hotchkiss was born on February 3, 1813 in Cedar Hill (now part of New Haven), Connecticut, United States. Son of Lyman and Clarissa (Hotchkiss) Atwater.
Atwater, Lyman Hotchkiss was born on February 3, 1813 in Cedar Hill (now part of New Haven), Connecticut, United States. Son of Lyman and Clarissa (Hotchkiss) Atwater.
Graduated from Yale, 1831, Yale Divinity School, 1835.
Teacher, Mount Hope Seminary, Baltimore, 1831-1832. Ordained to ministry Congregational Church, 1835. Pastor 1st Congregational Church, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1835-1854.
Professor philosophy, later professor moral and political science College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1854-1883.
A strong advocate of old line Calvinist thought. Opposed Darwinian ideas of Herbert Spencer.
Adhered to traditional views in educational theory and political issues, opposed women's rights movement. Author: Manual of Elementary Logic, 1867.
Contributor numerous articles to Princeton Review.
Married Susan Sanford, October 7, 1835.