Edward Wigglesworth (1732–1794), the son of Edward Michael Wigglesworth (c. 1693–1765), occupied the Hollis Chair of

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at the

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from 1765 to 1792. His father had been the first to hold that position. He graduated from

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in 1749. He was a charter member of the

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(1780).

Archives and records

Edward Wigglesworth business records
at Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School.

References

Harvard Divinity School faculty 1732 births 1794 deaths Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Cambridge, Massachusetts People of colonial Massachusetts Harvard University alumni {{US-theologian-stub