| 词条 | Edward Dorr Griffin |
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Life and careerGriffin was born in East Haddam, Connecticut. His brother was the theological author George Griffin.[2] Griffin graduated from Yale College in 1790 as the school's first Phi Beta Kappa student. He was licensed in 1792 and began his ministry in New Salem, Massachusetts the next year. In 1795 he was ordained at the Congregational Church in New Hartford, Connecticut. He earned his Doctorate of Divinity from Union College in 1808 and became professor of rhetoric at Andover Theological Seminary the next year. In 1811 he officially became the first pastor of Park Street Church in Boston where he preached a prominent series of sermons opposing New Divinity. When Griffin came to Williams College in 1821, it had two professors; one planned to move, and the other was gravely ill. Griffin raised funds and hired brothers Mark Hopkins and Albert Hopkins. He resigned in 1836 for health reasons and died in Newark, New Jersey the next year. Griffin Hall at Williams College is named in his honor. Selected publicationsA plea for Africa. A sermon preached October 26, 1817, in the First Presbyterian Church in the City of New-York, before the Synod ... Date: 1817 Location: United States—New York—New York City. Author: Griffin, Edward Dorr, 1770-1837. Physical description: 76 p. 22 cm.
References1. ^Waterbury, Jared Bell (1864). Sketches of Eloquent Preachers. The American Tract Society [https://books.google.com/books?id=DoMXAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s] 2. ^{{cite book|author=Oscar Fay Adams|title=A Dictionary of American Authors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mx8PAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA158|year=1904|publisher=Houghton, Mifflin and Company|page=158}} External links{{wikiquote}}
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