Eleazar Thompson Fitch papers, 1817-1852 (inclusive).

Yale university. Divinity school

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For more than a century, theological instruction was conducted by Yale's president or by the Professor of Divinity, a position established by Thomas Clap in 1746. During these years, however, Yale did not have a formally established Divinity School. The college began to feel the lack of a separately established department in the beginning of the nineteenth century as more New England colleges--such as Williams, Middlebury, Union, and Hamilton--began to draw students to their seminar...

Yale University.

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Fitch, Eleazar T. (Eleazar Thompson), 1791-1871

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Eleazar T. Fitch was Livingston Professor of Divinity at Yale from 1817 to 1852. His main duty was the supply of the Yale College pulpit. He was Lecturer on Homiletic at the Yale Divinity School from 1824 to 1861. From the description of Eleazar Thompson Fitch papers, 1817-1852 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702153513 1791 Jan 1 Born in New Haven ...