Jonathan Maxcy
| Jonathan Maxcy | |
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| 2nd President of Brown University | |
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In office 1792–1802 |
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| Preceded by | James Manning |
| Succeeded by | Asa Messer |
| 3rd President of Union College | |
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In office 1802–1804 |
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| 1st President of the University of South Carolina | |
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In office 1804–1820 |
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| Succeeded by | Thomas Cooper |
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| Born |
September 2, 1768 Attleboro, Massachusetts Bay |
| Died | June 4, 1820 (aged 51) Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Resting place | First Presbyterian Churchyard Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Susanna Hopkins |
| Relations | Virgil Maxcy (brother) |
| Alma mater | The College of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
| Profession |
Minister University president |
| Religion |
Baptist Presbyterianism |
Jonathan Maxcy (September 2, 1768 – June 4, 1820) was the second president of Brown University (then known as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations); the third president of Union College; and the first president of the University of South Carolina (then known as the South Carolina College).
Jonathan Maxcy was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts on September 2, 1768. His younger brother was Virgil Maxcy, a Maryland political figure who was killed in the explosion of the USS Princeton. He was educated at an academy in Wrentham, Massachusetts and then attended Brown University, graduating in 1787. Shortly thereafter in 1789, he was baptized by James Manning, the first president of Brown.
In 1790, Maxcy was licensed to preach by First Baptist Church in Providence and the next year, following Manning's death, he became pastor of First Baptist Church. In 1796, Jonathan Maxcy authored the well known Discourse Designed to Explain the Doctrine of Atonement which became a widely consulted work on Edwardsean theological views that found expression in the Second Great Awakening.[1] The first president of the Southern Baptist Convention William Bullein Johnson was one of Maxcy's theological protégés.[2]
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