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Yale’s first and foremost child prodigy, Jonathan Edwards matriculated at Yale (then Collegiate School of Connecticut) in 1716 just before reaching 13. At this time, entrance into college required fluency in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Four years and one intense conversion later, he graduated as valedictorian, received his Masters of Divinity ...
Yale University Art Gallery. While there were earlier and contemporary graduates of Yale College who were slave-owners, Jonathan Edwards, revival preacher, philosopher, missionary, and educator, is arguably the most recognized from before the Revolution. He matriculated into a branch of the “Connecticut Collegiate School” in 1716, before it ...
Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist theologian . A leading figure of the American Enlightenment, Edwards is widely regarded as one of America's most important and original philosophical theologians. Edwards' theological work is broad in scope but rooted in ...
Jonathan Edwards (born October 5, 1703, East Windsor, Connecticut [U.S.]—died March 22, 1758, Princeton, New Jersey) was the greatest theologian and philosopher of British American Puritanism, stimulator of the religious revival known as the “ Great Awakening ,” and one of the forerunners of the age of Protestant missionary expansion in ...
Jonathan Edwards, a 1720 alumnus, theologian and child prodigy, was admitted to Yale at age 13, and went on to become one of the most celebrated theologians of his era. Edwards’s presence is omnipresent throughout the college, including his tomb and a Senior Common Room that houses portraits and mementos of Edwards and his wife.
A Dean’s Extension is a paper form signed by the residential college dean that authorizes the postponement of written work or exams during term-time. There are three kinds of late or postponed work: (1) work late during term time; (2) work incomplete at the end of term; and (3) postponed final examinations. Instructors of courses may, during ...
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