Background
Timothy was born on May 14, 1752, in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Major Timothy and Mary (Edwards) Dwight.
Timothy was born on May 14, 1752, in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Major Timothy and Mary (Edwards) Dwight.
Graduated from Yale, 1769, Master of Arts, 1772. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Harvard, 1810.
Headmaster, Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1769-1771. Tutor Yale, 1771-1777. Licensed to preach, 1777.
Chaplain General S.H. Parson’s Connecticut Brigade, Continental Army, 1777-1779. Member Massachusetts Legislature, 1781-1782. Ordained to ministry Congregational Church, 1783.
President Yale, 1795-1817, professor theology, founder medical department. A projector Andover Theological Seminary. Missionary for Society of Connecticut.
Member American Board Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Member group called “Hartford Wits.” Author: The Conquest of Canaan (1st American epic poem), 1785. Greenfield Hill, 1794.
Theology, Explained and Defended, 5 vols., 1818-1819. Travels in New England and New York, 1821.
Member Massachusetts Legislature, 1781-1782. Member American Board Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Member group called “Hartford Wits.”.
Married Mary Woolsey, March 3, 1777.