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词条 Edward Michael Wigglesworth (c. 1693–1765)
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  3. References

{{Other uses|Edward Wigglesworth (disambiguation)}}Edward Wigglesworth ({{circa|1693}}{{mdash}}1765) was a clergyman, teacher and theologian in Colonial America. His father was clergyman and author Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705).[1]

Life

He graduated Harvard College in 1710, and in 1722 he was appointed to the newly created Hollis Chair, thereby becoming the first divinity professor commissioned in the American colonies.[2] He died on January 16, 1765 at age 73 after holding the chair for more than 42 years.[2][3][4]

He married Rebecca Coolidge (died 1754) in 1729. Their children were Rebecca Wigglesworth (1730–1783) who married Stephen Sewall (1734-1804) who was also an educator; Edward Wigglesworth (1732–1794) who became the next Hollis professor at Harvard; Mary Wigglesworth (1735–1758); and Sybil Wigglesworth (1736–1746). His son Edward had a son also named Edward Wigglesworth (1771-1794), and a son Thomas Wigglesworth (1775–1855) who had son also named Edward Wigglesworth (1804–1876).[1]

He was buried at the Phipps Street Burying Ground located in the neighborhood of Charlestown in Boston, Massachusetts.

See also

  • North America
  • The United States of America

References

1. ^{{cite web |title= Wigglesworth Family Papers: Guide to the Collection |url= http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0311 |date= July 1988 |publisher= Massachusetts Historical Society |accessdate= August 18, 2010 }}
2. ^  Christian History Institute
3. ^  Wigglesworth, Edward: Harvard A.B. 1710 by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
4. ^{{cite book |title=A Discourse Occasioned By The Much Lamented Death Of The Rev. Edward Wigglesworth, D.D. |author=Appleton, N. |publisher=Kessinger Publishing |isbn=978-1-161-67648-8 }}
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7 : 1693 births|1765 deaths|Harvard College alumni|Harvard University faculty|People from colonial Boston|Burials in Massachusetts|American theologians

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