Jacob Lindley

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Jacob Lindley
Born ( 1774-06-13 ) June 13, 1774
Died January 29, 1857 (1857-01-29) (aged 82)
Education Jefferson College
Spouse Hannah
Children Daniel Lindley
Church Presbyterian
Lindley Hall at Ohio University, named for Jacob Lindley

Jacob Lindley (June 13, 1774 ? January 29, 1857) was the first president of Ohio University , between 1809 and 1822.

Life [ edit ]

Lindley was educated at Thaddeus Dod's log college (later Jefferson College ) [1] and College of New Jersey . [2]

He was one of the founders of the Franklin Literary Society at Jefferson College . [3]

Jacob and Hannah's eldest child was Daniel Lindley who was born in Pennsylvania on August 24, 1801. He was a missionary in South Africa . He and his wife Lucy founded the Inanda Seminary School in 1869. Lindley was pastor to the Voortrekkers in the first Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State . [4]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Coleman, Helen Turnbull Waite (1956). Banners in the Wilderness: The Early Years of Washington and Jefferson College . University of Pittsburgh Press . p. 11. OCLC   2191890 .
  2. ^ Jacob Lindley, A.M., D.D., 1774-1857 - OU biography
  3. ^ McClelland, W.C. (1903). "A History of Literary Societies at Washington & Jefferson College" . The Centennial Celebration of the Chartering of Jefferson College in 1802 . Philadelphia: George H. Buchanan and Company. pp. 111?132.
  4. ^ "Daniel Lindley" . Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Archived from the original on May 31, 2013 . Retrieved August 10, 2013 .

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