Naphtali Daggett
Naphtali Daggett | |
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 Rev. Naphtali Daggett | |
| President pro tempore of Yale University | |
| In office 1766–1777 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Clap |
| Succeeded by | Ezra Stiles |
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| Born | September 8, 1727 Attleborough, Massachusetts |
| Died | November 25, 1780 (aged 53) New Haven, Connecticut |
| Alma mater | Yale College |
Naphtali Daggett (September 8, 1727 – November 25, 1780) was an American academic and educator. He graduated from
Thomas Clapp in the pulpit, and to be considered for appointment as a college professor. On March 4, 1756, the Corporation inducted him as Yale's first professor—officially the Livingstonian Professor of Divinity.[1]
Daggett became the college's president pro tempore in 1766 after the resignation of President Clap.[2] Daggett held the office of President for the next eleven years, until 1777.[3]
When the British attacked New Haven in 1779, Rev. Daggett took up arms in defense but was taken prisoner and forced to serve as a guide. He was bayoneted by his captors, and died in 1780.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b Kelley, Brooks Mather. (1999). Yale: A History, p. 62.
- ^ Kelley, p. 73.
- ^ Steiner, Herbert Christian. (1893). History of Education in Connecticut, p. 115.
- ^ Welch, Lewis et al. (1899). Yale, Her Campus, Class-rooms, and Athletics, p. 410.
References
- Kelley, Brooks Mather. (1999). Yale: A History. New Haven: ISBN 978-0-300-07843-5; OCLC 810552
- Steiner, Herbert Christian. (1893). History of Education in Connecticut, Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 2, 1893: Contributions to American Educational History, No. 14. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Welch, Lewis Sheldon and Walter Camp. (1899). Yale, Her Campus, Class-rooms, and Athletics. Boston: L. C. Page and Co. OCLC 2191518
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