American educator, born at Greenfield Hill, CT, on the 18th of May 1786. He was graduated at Yale in 1803, studied law, and practiced successfully in New Haven. Entering the ministry of the Congregational Church in 1816, he was chaplain of the United States Senate in 1816–17, and then was ordained pastor of the Park Street Church, Boston, where he remained till 1826. He then returned to New Haven, engaged in literary work, and, in connection with his brother Henry, conducted a boarding-school for boys. In 1833 he was chosen president of Hamilton College, resigning the position in 1835. He afterward returned to literary work, and published Life and Works of Jonathan Edwards (1830); A Life of David Brainerd (1822), and other works. He died in Philadelphia, PA, on the 30th of November 1850.
