Claudius Herrick (February 21, 1775 – May 26, 1831) was an American educator and minister. He was born in

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. Herrick graduated from

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in 1798 and became the second head of

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. He was ordained to the ministry of the

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, becoming a pastor in

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in 1802. That year, he also married Hannah Pierpont. In 1807, he left the pastorate because of ill health. He moved to

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and in 1808 started a school for young women there. Many of his students were the daughters of clergymen, who received half-price tuition. Three

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bishops and a Connecticut governor,

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, were married to former students of the school. He was the father of scientist

Edward Claudius Herrick Edward Claudius Herrick (February 24, 1811 – June 11, 1862) was an American librarian and scientist. He was the first full-time librarian at Yale University. Early life and education He was the youngest child of Rev. Claudius Herrick, a much re ...

. Herrick died of

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in 1831.

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