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Dwight was the leader of the evangelical New Divinity faction of Congregationalism, a group closely identified with Connecticut's emerging commercial elite. Although fiercely opposed by religious moderates, most notably Yale President Ezra Stiles, he was elected to the presidency of Yale on Stiles's death in 1795.
Timoteo Dwight IV. Timothy Dwight (14 de mayo de 1752 - 11 de enero de 1817) fue un académico y educador estadounidense, ministro congregacionalista, teólogo y autor. Fue el octavo presidente de Yale College (1795–1817).
14 de may. de 2020 · Today in 1752, Timothy Dwight IV, minister, scholar, theologian, war chaplain, songwriter, political leader, travel writer, college president, and one of a group of early American poets and writers known as the Hartford Wits, was born.
The second great change brought about largely by Timothy Dwight came from his ideas and practices concerning how awakenings happen.
Timothy Dwight (born May 14, 1752, Northampton, Massachusetts—died January 11, 1817, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.) was an American educator, theologian, and poet who had a strong instructive influence during his time.
Few men have poured out as much for Yale as did Timothy Dwight. He was a prodigious scholar, a brilliant educator, and an educational reformer far ahead of his time. He was the chief architect of Yale as a university.
Timothy Dwight. Establishment of the Divinity School, 1822. "Timothy Dwight IV (president of Yale from 1795-1817) had long cherished the purpose of building up a Theological Department in connection with the college, and had induced his son ... to form the plan of contributing money for the accomplishment of this design."
