Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence, CD
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Colonial Collegians features biographies of those who attended American colleges before the American Revolution; the detail-rich profiles published about early students at Harvard, Princeton and Yale are brought together in one volume for the first time, and that invaluable data is supplemented by profiles of students who attended the other institutions of higher learning founded prior to the start of the American Revolution: the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania), The College of William
and Mary, Dartmouth College, King's College (now Columbia University), Rhode
Island College (now Brown University), and Queen's College (now Rutgers
University), the medical schools at King's College and the College of
Philadelphia, and the Reverend William Tennent's "Log College" in
Pennsylvania for prospective Presbyterian clergymen. Biographical subjects
range from seminal figures in American history like James Madison to lesser
known but quite colorful personages like Tom Bell (Harvard Class of 1734)
whose "whole conduct betrayed a soul capable of descending into every
species if iniquity".
Colonial Collegians combines the established resources for early academic
biographies such as Sibley's Harvard Graduates, Dexter's Biographical
Sketches, and Princetonians with profiles - culled from a wide variety of
sources - for the students at colleges without formal biographical
publications. Some entries are informative but brief while figures that
captured the attention of biographical editors are drawn in copious detail.
For example, the 150 page entry on Boston minister Cotton Mather includes
his life and a catalogue of his writings and sermons from his Harvard days
in the 1670s up until his death in 1728. Offering illuminating information
about specific individuals, this unique publication is also a compelling
resource for those interested in a glimpse into academic life in colonial
America.
A co-publication of the Massachusetts Historical Society and the New England Historic Genealogical Society. 2005.
