Heman Humphrey
| Heman Humphrey | |
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| President of Amherst College | |
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In office 1823–1845 | |
| Preceded by | Zephaniah Swift Moore |
| Succeeded by | Edward Hitchcock |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 26, 1779 West Simsbury, Connecticut |
| Died |
April 3, 1861 (aged 82) Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
| Spouse(s) | Sophia Porter (1785-1868) |
| Alma mater | Yale University class of 1805. |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
Heman Humphrey (March 26, 1779 – April 3, 1861) was a 19th-century American author and clergyman who served as 2nd president of Amherst College for 22 years.[1][2][3][4] He was born in Hartford County, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University with an A.M. in 1805. Humphrey was ordained a Congregational minister on March 16, 1807. He became a minister in Fairfield, Connecticut in 1807, moving to Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1817. In 1825 he was appointed president of Amherst.[5] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1842.[6] Humphrey was influential in the nineteenth-century temperance movement and typical of the early proponents of prohibition.[7] He was the father of U.S. Representative James Humphrey.
Biography
Heman Humphrey was born in West Simsbury (which became Canton, Connecticut), in Hartford county. His father's name was Solomon Humphrey, descended in direct line from Michael Humphrey, an immigrant who came from England some time before 1643. Heman's mother Hannah Brown Humphrey was the second wife of Solomon and was the eldest of the six children of Captain John Brown, who died on June, 1776, during the American Revolution in defense of New York. Heman's father Solomon was a farmer and moved from Simsbury in 1755, first to Bristol and then to Barkhamstead, where he died in 1834. [8]
Bibliography
- Humphrey, Rev. Heman, D.D (1854). THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE. Reed, Hull & Peirson, Pittsfield. p. 32. Url
- Humphrey, Heman. Revival Sketches and Manual: in Two Parts (LC BV3790.H87 and Dewey 269). Pittsfield, Massachusetts: American Tract Society. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- Humphrey, Heman. Intemperance:an address, to the churches and congregations of the Western district of Fairfield County. Published 1813. Printed by Eli Hudson, New Haven, Connecticut.
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References
- ↑ Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
- ↑ Heman Humphrey and John R. Rice on Revival Praying
- ↑ William Stearns, President (amherstiana.org)
- ↑ Heman Humphrey, President (amherstiana.org)
- ↑ "Heman Humphrey Sermons". Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Amherst, MA. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ↑ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter H" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ↑ (Hugins, Walter (ed.), The Reform Impulse, 1825–1850). Columbia, SC 1972
- ↑ H., Z.M..; N., H. (1869). Memorial Sketches, Heman Humphrey, Sophia Porter Humphrey (Computer copy ed.). Philadelpia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott & Co. pp. unpaginated.
| Academic offices | ||
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| Preceded by Zephaniah Swift Moore |
President of Amherst College 1823–1845 |
Succeeded by Edward Hitchcock |