Artemas Wyman Sawyer (4 March 1827 – 5 August 1907) was an American

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minister and educator. He was the president of Acadia College (now

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) in

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, Canada from 1869 to 1896. Born in

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, the son of the Reverend Reuben Sawyer and Laura Wyman, Sawyer was educated at the New London Academy and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1847 from

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. After teaching in

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for three years he attended the Newton Theological Institute and graduated in 1853. He was then ordained a minister of Baptist church in

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. From 1855 to 1860, he was a professor of classics at Acadia College. From 1860 to 1864, he was the pastor of Baptist church in

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. He served as principal of New London Academy from 1864 to 1869. In 1869, he was appointed president of Acadia College succeeding John Mockett Cramp. He served until 1896. He died in West Haven, Vermont in 1907.

Personal life

He married Maria E. Chase in 1858. The couple had five children. Notable is Everett Wyman Sawyer.Harvard College.''Records of the Class, 1883-1908''. "1883." 125.

Selected works

Sawyer, A.W. ''Education of Women in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: an Historical Sketch''. Windsor: J.J. Anslow, Printer. N.d.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sawyer, Artemas 1827 births 1907 deaths Baptist ministers from the United States Canadian university and college chief executives Dartmouth College alumni People from West Haven, Vermont 19th-century American clergy