Laurens Perseus Hickok (December 20, 1798 – May 7, 1888), American

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and

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, was born at

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Biography

He took his degree at

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in 1820. Until 1836 he was occupied in active pastoral work, and was then appointed professor of

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at the Western Reserve College, Ohio, and later (1844–1852) at the

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. From this post he was elected vice-president of Union College and professor of mental and moral science. In 1866, he succeeded Dr. E. Nott as president, but in July 1868 retired to

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, where he devoted himself to writing and study. A collected edition of his principal works was published at Boston in 1875. The Archives and Special Collections at

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holds a collection of his papers.

Works

*''Rational Psychology'' (1849) *''System of Moral Science'' (1853) *''Empirical Psychology'' (1854) *''Rational Cosmology'' (1858) *''Creator and Creation, or the Knowledge in the Reason of God and His Work'' (1872) *''Humanity Immortal'' (1872) *''Logic of Reason'' (1874)

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Hickok Papers, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
1798 births 1888 deaths American philosophers Union College (New York) alumni Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ministers Auburn Theological Seminary faculty Presidents of Union College (New York) 19th-century American clergy {{US-philosopher-stub

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