Joseph Alden
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| Born | January 4, 1807 Cairo, New York |
| Died | August 30, 1885 (aged 78) |
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Union College Princeton Theological Seminary Columbia University |
| Children | William L. Alden |
| Church | Presbyterian |
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Congregations served
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Congregational Church of Williamstown, Massachusetts |
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Offices held
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8thpresident of Jefferson College (1857–1862) |
8thpresident of Jefferson College (1857–1862)
Joseph Alden (January 4, 1807 – August 30, 1885) was an American academic and Presbyterian pastor. He was born in Cairo, New York, in 1807.
He received his bachelor's degree from Union College, going on to receive his advanced degrees from Columbia University.
He was professor at Williams College in 1835, professor at Lafayette College in 1853, president of Jefferson College in 1857, and principal of the State Normal School (now University at Albany, SUNY) in Albany, New York until 1882.
Among his many books, more than seventy, the most well known were Christian Ethics or the Science of Duty (1866), The Science of Government (1867), and Thoughts on the Religious Life (1879).
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