Jeremiah Atwater (December 27, 1773 – July 29, 1858) was notable as an educator, minister, and college president. Atwater became principal of the Addison County Grammar School in 1799 and, a year later, when the school became
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalists, Middlebury was the first operating college or university in Vermont. The college currently enrolls 2,858 undergraduates from all ...
, assumed the role of its first president. In 1809, Atwater left Middlebury to become the third president of
Dickinson College
, mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning
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, type = Private liberal arts college
, endowment = $645.5 million (2022)
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in Pennsylvania. He remained in that position until 1815, when he returned to
New Haven
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,02 ...
,
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
, his birthplace and home of his alma mater,
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
. Atwater Commons, one of five residential commons at Middlebury, is named for him. Dickinson College also has an Atwater Hall named for him. Atwater was elected a member of the
American Antiquarian Society
The American Antiquarian Society (AAS), located in Worcester, Massachusetts, is both a learned society and a national research library of pre-twentieth-century American history and culture. Founded in 1812, it is the oldest historical society in ...
in 1815.
American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
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1773 births
1858 deaths
Religious leaders from New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University alumni
Presidents of Middlebury College
Members of the American Antiquarian Society
People of colonial Connecticut
Presidents of Dickinson College
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