Andrews, E. A. (Ethan Allen), 1787-1858

Ethan Allen Andrews: taught in New Britain, Ct., 1814-1822, in Chapel Hill, N.C., 1822-1828, in New Haven, Ct., 1828-1833 and 1840-1843, and in Boston, 1833-1839; author of Latin textbooks beginning in 1836; Connecticut assemblyman in 1815-1817 and 1851; twice Judge of Probate for the Berlin District.

Professor of zoology at Johns Hopkins University.

Ethan Allen Andrews was born in the parish of New Britain, Berlin, Connecticut, in 1787. A Yale graduate (1810), he read law and practiced briefly, but his career was in education. He taught in New Britain (1814-1822), Chapel Hill, N.C. (1822-1828), New Haven (1828-1833), Boston (1833-1839), and once again in New Haven (1840-1843). His later years were devoted to the preparation of a hightly successful series of Latin textbooks, the first of which appeared in 1836, and the management of Walnut Grove, his farm in New Britain. He married Lucy Cowles of Farmington in 1810. They had ten children, two of whom, Horace and Julia, assisted him in teaching and writing. He represented Berlin (1815-1817) and New Britain (1851) in the General Assembly, was twice elected Judge of Probate for the Belin District, and worked to improve the public schools and to secure rail connections for New Britain. He died there in 1858.

For further information, see: Franklin B. Dexter, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (New Haven, 1912), VI, 293-298; David N. Camp, History of New Britain (New Britain, 1889), facing p. 234 (engraving), pp. 465-467; and Hubbard Winslow, Eulogy on the Death of the Late Professor E.A. Andrews, LL.D. (Boston, 1858).