Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight was an American educator and author
Background
Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight was born April 5, 1816 in New Haven, Connecticut. His father was physician Benjamin Woolsey Dwight (1780–1850), and paternal grandfather was Yale University president Timothy Dwight. His mother was Sophia Woodbridge Strong (1793–1861).
In 1831 the family moved to Clinton, Oneida County, New York, where his father served as treasurer of Hamilton College after giving up his medical business.
Education
He graduated from Hamilton College in 1835 and the Yale Theological Seminary in 1838.
Career
He returned to Hamilton College to work as a tutor until 1842. After moving to Brooklyn, New York in 1846, he founded a private high school, which he operated for 12 years. The Clinton school burned down in April 1865.
He died on September 18, 1889.
She was born April 20, 1823, had four children, and died August 23, 1864. She was born April 29, 1827 and had one child.
His publications included:
— (1859). The higher Christian education.
Associate of Science Barnes & Burr. — (1859).
Modern philology: its discoveries, history and influence. Associate of Science Barnes & Burr. with Simeon North and East. Y. Swift. J.F. Trow, printer. — (1871).
The history of the descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Massachusetts
Volume 1. J. Munsell. — (1871). The history of the descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Massachusetts
Volume 2. J. Munsell. — (1874).
The history of the descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Massachusetts Volume 1. J. F. Trow & son, printers and bookbinders.
— (1874). The history of the descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Massachusetts
Volume 2. J. F. Trow & son, printers and bookbinders. He prepared two more that were not published: Woman"s Higher Culture and The True Doctrine of Divine Providence.
Membership
Society for Classical Studies.