William De Witt Hyde | |
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7th President of Bowdoin College | |
In office 1885–1917 |
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Preceded by | Joshua Chamberlain |
Succeeded by | Kenneth C.M. Sills |
Personal details | |
Born | September 23, 1858 Winchendon, Massachusetts |
Died | June 29, 1917 Brunswick, Maine |
(aged 58)
Alma mater |
Phillips Exeter Academy Harvard University |
William De Witt Hyde (September 23, 1858 – June 29, 1917) was an American college president, born at Winchendon, Mass.
He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1874, from Harvard University in 1879 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1882. Ordained to the Congregational ministry in 1883, he was a pastor at Newark, N. J., in 1883-85, and thereafter was president of Bowdoin College, also holding the chair of mental and moral philosophy.
He is author of:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "article name needed". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.