See also:

• TIMOTHY
• TIMOTHY, FIRST EPISTLE TO
• TIMOTHY, SECOND EPISTLE TO

TIMOTHY See also:

• DWIGHT, JOHN (d. 1703)
• DWIGHT, JOHN SULLIVAN (1813-1893)
• DWIGHT, THEODORE WILLIAM (1822-1892)
• TIMOTHY DWIGHT (1752-1817)

DWIGHT (1752-1817)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American divine, writer, and educationalist, was See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn at See also:

• NORTHAMPTON
• NORTHAMPTON, ASSIZE OF
• NORTHAMPTON, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Northampton, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 14th of May 1752 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• TIMOTHY
• TIMOTHY, FIRST EPISTLE TO
• TIMOTHY, SECOND EPISTLE TO

Timothy See also:

• DWIGHT, JOHN (d. 1703)
• DWIGHT, JOHN SULLIVAN (1813-1893)
• DWIGHT, THEODORE WILLIAM (1822-1892)
• DWIGHT, TIMOTHY (1752-1817)

Dwight, a See also:

• GRADUATE (Med. Lat. graduale, to admit to an academical degree, gradus)

graduate of Yale See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (1744), was a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother was the third daughter of See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

Jonathan See also:

• EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
• EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
• EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
• EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
• EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
• EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
• EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
• EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
• EDWARDS, T
• EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)

Edwards . He was remarkably precocious, and is said to have learned the See also:

• ALPHABET (see also WRITING)

alphabet at a single See also:

• LESSON (through Fr. lecon from Lat. lectio, reading; legere, to read)

lesson, and to have been able to read the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible before hewas four years old . In 1769 he graduated at Yale College, and then for two years taught in a See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school at New Haven . He was a See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor in Yale College from 1771 to 1777; and then, having been licensed to preach, was a See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain for a See also:

• YEAR

year in a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of troops engaged in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, inspiring the troops both by his sermons and by several stirring war songs, the most famous of which is " See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia." From 1778 until 1783 he lived at Northampton, studying, farming, See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching, and dabbling in politics . From 1783 until 1795 he was pastor of the Congregational See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church at See also:

• GREENFIELD

Greenfield See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, where he opened an See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy which at once acquired a high reputation and attracted pupils from all parts of the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union . From 1795 until his See also:

• DEATH

death at See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, on the Irth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1817, he was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of Yale College, and by his judicious management, by his remarkable ability as a teacher—he taught a variety of subjects, including See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, See also:

• METAPHYSICS
• METAPHYSICS, or METAPHYSIC (from Gr. /sera, after, d v med, things of nature, lots, i.e. the natural universe)

metaphysics, See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic, literature and See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory,—and by his force of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and magnetic See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality, won See also:

• GREAT

great popularity and See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, and restored that institution to the high See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place from which it had fallen before his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment . President Dwight was also well known as an author . In See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse he wrote an ambitious epic in eleven books, The See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest of See also:

• CANAAN, CANAANITES

Canaan, finished in 1774, but not published until 1785; a somewhat ponderous and See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire, The See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

Triumph of Infidelity (1788), directed against See also:

• HUME, ALEXANDER (c. 1557-1609)
• HUME, DAVID (1711-1776)
• HUME, JOSEPH (1777-1855)

Hume, See also:

• VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire and others; Greenfield Hill (1794), the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion for which seems to have been derived from See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DENHAM, DIXON (1786–1828.)
• DENHAM, SIR JOHN (1615—1669)

Denham's See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

Cooper's Hill; and a number of See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor poems and See also:

• HYMNS

hymns, the best known of which is that beginning "I love thy See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord." Many of his sermons were published posthumously under the titles Theology Explained and Defended (5 vols., 1818-1819), to which a memoir of the author by his two sons, W . T. and Sereno E . Dwight, is prefixed, and Sermons by Timothy Dwight (2 vols., 1828), which had a large circulation both in the See also:

• UNITED

United States and in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Probably his most important See also:

• WORK

work, however, is his Travels in New England and New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York (4 vols., 1821-1822), which contains much material of value concerning social and economic New England and New York during the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period 1796-1817 .

See W . B . Sprague's " See also:

• LIFE

Life of Timothy Dwight " in vol. iv . (second See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series) of Jared See also:

• SPARKS, JARED (1789-1866)

Sparks's Library of American See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography, and especially an excellent See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter in See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses Coit See also:

• TYLER
• TYLER, JOHN (1790—1862)
• TYLER, MOSES COIT (1835—1900)
• TYLER, WAT [or WALTER] (d. 1381)

Tyler's Three Men of Letters (New York, 1895) . His fifth son, SERENO EDWARDS DWIGHT (1786-1850), See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Greenfield Hill, Connecticut, graduated at Yale in 1803, was a tutor there in 18o6-181o, and successfully practised See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in New Haven in 1810-1816 . Licensed to preach in 1816, he was the chaplain of the United States See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate for one year, was pastor of the See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street church, See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, in 1817-1826, and in 1833-1835 was president of See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton College, See also:

• CLINTON
• CLINTON, DE WITT (1769-1828)
• CLINTON, GEORGE (1739-1812)
• CLINTON, HENRY FYNES (1781-1852)
• CLINTON, SIR HENRY (c. 1738-1795)

Clinton, New York . His career was wrecked by accidental See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

mercury poisoning, which interfered with his work in Boston and at Hamilton College, and made his life after 1839 solitary and comparatively uninfluential . His publications include Life and See also:

• WORKS

Works of Jonathan Edwards (10 vols., 183o); The See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew Wife (1836), an See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument against See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with a deceased wife's See also:

• SISTER

sister; and Select Discourses (1851); to which was prefixed a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Dwight (1795-1865), who was also successively a lawyer and a Congregational preacher . President Dwight's See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, TIMOTHY DWIGHT (1828- ), a famous preacher and educationalist, was born at See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich, Connecticut, on the 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1828 . He graduated at Yale in 1849, continued his studies there and at See also:

• BONN

Bonn and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, was See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of sacred literature and New Testament See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek in the Yale Divinity School from 1858 to 1886, was licensed to preach in 1861, and from 1886 to 1899 was president of Yale, which during his See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration greatly prospered and became in name and in fact a university . Dr Dwight was also a member in 1876-1885 of the American See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee for the revision of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English Bible, was an editor from 1866 to 1874 of the New Englander, which later became the Yale See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, and besides editing and annotating several volumes of the English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of H . A .

W . See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer's Kritisch-exegetischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament, and See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing many See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine articles, published a collection of sermons entitled Thoughts of and for the Inner Life (1899) .