Oakes, Urian, 1631-1681
Variant namesColonial poet, clergyman and president of Harvard College, 1675-1681.
From the description of Letter, 1678 July 13, Cambridge [Mass.] to Increase Mather, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 20690243
Urian Oakes (1631-1681) was a colonial poet, clergyman, and college president. He was a 1649 Harvard grauate who worked in England for several years before returning to Massachusetts to become pastor of the Church of Christ in Cambridge. Oakes was involved in a controversy concerning the presidency and policies of Harvard College, serving as the "acting President" from 1675 to 1680 and as its officially-elected President until his death.
From the description of Artillery Election Sermon (1672), 1820. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259573
Urian Oakes (1631-1681) was the fourth President of Harvard College. He served as Acting President from April 7, 1675 to February 2, 1679/80 and the President from February 2, 1679/80 to July 25, 1681.
From the description of Papers of Urian Oakes, 1656, 1682. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122407001
Urian Oakes was the fourth president of Harvard College, serving as acting president from April 7, 1675 to February 2, 1680 and as president from February 2, 1680 to July 25, 1681.
Oakes was born in London, England, in 1631 and emigrated with his family to Cambridge , Massachusetts in 1640. He attended Harvard College, receiving his A.B. degree in 1649 and serving as a tutor until 1653, when he returned to England. He received a commission as vicar of Titchfield, near Southampton, England, in 1656, where he served until 1662. During this period, Oakes married Ruth Ames, with whom he had four children.
In 1671, Oakes returned to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to serve as minister of the Congregational church. He also served as a Fellow of Harvard College from 1672 to 1675, when he was appointed president. Following the turbulent presidency of Leonard Hoar, Oakes restored some stability to College life but the regional economic impact of King Phillip’s War left little money for education and the number of students dwindled. Oakes died in office on July 25, 1681.
- Clark, Austin H.Urian Oakes, Vicar of Titchfield.Harvard Alumni Bulletin (May 15, 1936) : 1016-1017.
- Morison, Samuel Eliot.Harvard College in the Seventeenth Century. Part II. Cambridge, Massachusetts:Harvard University Press,1936.
- Morison, Samuel Eliot.Three Centuries of Harvard.Cambridge, Massachusetts:Harvard University Press,1936.
- Sibley, John Langdon.Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Vol. I, 1642-1658. Cambridge, Massachusetts:Charles William Sever, University Bookstore,1873.
- Urian Oakes.Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Thomas Gale, 2004.
From the guide to the Papers of Urian Oakes, 1656, 1682., (Harvard University Archives)
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| associatedWith | Adams, William, Rev., 1650-1685. | person |
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| associatedWith | Hull, John, 1624-1683. | person |
| associatedWith | Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. | person |
| associatedWith | Whitman, Zachariah G. (Zachariah Gardner), 1789-1840. | person |
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Birth 1631
Death 1681-07-25
