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Theodore Dwight Woolsey was born 31 October 1801 in New York City. His mother was Elizabeth Dwight (1772–1813) and father was William Walton Woolsey (1766–1839). At Yale, he served as President of the secret society, Brothers in Unity, and then graduated as valedictorian of his class from Yale College in 1820.
27 de jun. de 2024 · Theodore Dwight Woolsey (born Oct. 31, 1801, New York City—died July 1, 1889, New Haven, Conn., U.S.) was an American educator and scholar, president of Yale (1846–71), whose many innovations later became common in institutions of higher learning.
Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-1889), American academic, author and President of Yale College (1846-1871).
In the mid-nineteenth century, President Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801–1889) took some important steps toward making Yale more global. Woolsey’s predecessors Timothy Dwight (in office from 1795 to 1817), and Jeremiah Day (1817–1846), inspired Yale-educated missionaries to preach and teach in Hawaii, Asia, and Africa.
Theodore Dwight Woolsey was one of Yale's greatest teachers of Greek before being elevated to the presidency of Yale in 1846. He was graduated as valedictorian from Yale, spent one year reading the law in Philadelphia, another two studying theology, then following a brief tutorship, during which he concluded his theological work, left to study ...
THEODORE DWIGHT WOOLSEY. 345 a frequent contributor to the periodical press, especially to " The New Englander," a review of which he was long one of the editors. In all his writings, President Woolsey aimed first and chiefly at clearness of expression. He detested the shows of rhetoric. But along with
Weir’s impressive statue of Theodore Dwight Woolsey, Yale’s tenth president (1846–1871), forcefully symbolizes Woolsey’s commitment to knowledge and artistic tradition at Yale.
