Andrew Wylie (college president)
| Andrew Wylie | |
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| 1st President of Indiana University | |
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In office 1829–1851 |
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| Succeeded by | Alfred Ryors |
| 3rd President of Jefferson College | |
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In office 1811–1816 |
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| Preceded by | James Dunlap |
| Succeeded by | William McMillan |
| 2nd President of Washington College | |
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In office 1817–1828 |
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| Preceded by | Matthew Brown |
| Succeeded by | David Elliott |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 12, 1789 Washington County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | November 11, 1851 (aged 62) Bloomington, Indiana |
| Resting place | Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington |
| Alma mater | Jefferson College |
| Profession | College educator and Protestant clergyman |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Moral philosophy, mental philosophy, rhetoric, theology |
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| Ecclesiastical career | |
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Presbyterian (1813–1841) Episcopalian (1841–1851) |
| Ordained | 1813 (Presbyterian) 1842 (Episcopalian) |
Andrew Wylie (April 12, 1789 – November 11, 1851) was an American academic and theologian, who was president of Jefferson College (1811–1816) and Washington College (1816–1828) before becoming the first president of Indiana University (1829–1851).
The son of Adam Wylie, a Presbyterian immigrant of Scottish descent from County Antrim, Ireland and farmer in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Andrew was educated at home and in local schools in Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1804, at age fifteen, Wylie entered Jefferson College, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated with honors in 1810 and was immediately appointed a tutor at the college.
The next year, in 1811, Wylie was elected unanimously to serve as president of Jefferson College. He was licensed to preach in 1812, and in 1813 was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. In 1813 he married Margaret Ritchie, daughter of a wealthy Canonsburg merchant.
Wylie was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.
While president of Jefferson College, Wylie led a controversial effort to merge with nearby Washington College. When that effort failed, in 1816 Wylie moved on to become president of Washington College and pastor of the Presbyterian church. In 1825 Wylie was given an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Union College, in Schenectady, New York. Wylie resigned his presidency in 1828, over a theological dispute among local Presbyterian groups in Washington, Pennsylvania.
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