| 词条 | Samuel Blatchford (university president) |
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| honorific_prefix = Reverend Dr. | name = Samuel Blatchford | image = Samuel Blatchford (1767-1828), US college president.jpg | caption = Samuel Blatchford, from the frontispiece of the 1912 book Blatchford Memorial II | alt = Samuel Blatchford | birth_date = {{Birth year|1767}} | birth_place = Devonport, Devon, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1828|3|27|1767}} | death_place = Lansingburgh, New York | office = President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | term = 1824–1828 | predecessor = none | successor = John Chester | spouse = {{Marriage |Alicia Windeatt |March 25, 1788}} | children = 17 | module = | religion = Presbyterian | education = Dissenting College of Theology at Homerton, Cambridge | ordained = {{Date|1789-11-04|mdy}} }}Samuel Blatchford (1767–1828) was the first president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[1] Early lifeBlatchford was born in Devonport, Devon, England in 1767.[2] He was educated at the Dissenting College of Theology at Homerton, now called Homerton College, Cambridge. Religious careerOn November 4, 1789, he was ordained and became pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Kingsbridge, Devon.[3] In 1791, he became pastor of the church in Topsham, Devon. In 1795, Blatchford moved from England to the United States, where he became pastor of a church in Bedford, New York, and later pastor of a church in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and pastor of Greenfield Hill Congregational Church in Fairfield Connecticut. In 1804, he became pastor of the Presbyterian churches in Lansingburgh and Waterford (which later merged). Educational careerUpon becoming pastor of the church in Lansingburgh, Blatchford was also asked to be principal of Lansingburgh Academy.[4] In 1805, he was appointed a trustee of Union College and later a member of the Board of Examiners.[4] In 1824, Stephen Van Rensselaer appointed him trustee and the first president of the Rensselaer School, which grew to become Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He was given an honorary master's degree by Yale College in 1798 and the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by Williams College in 1808.[5] Blatchford died in Lansingburgh on March 27, 1828. Eliphalet Nott, the president of Union College and later the third president of RPI, delivered the sermon at the funeral services. FamilyBlatchford married Alicia Windeatt on March 25, 1788. They had seventeen children.[7]{{rp|63–65}} Richard M. Blatchford, the ninth of their children, was a prominent attorney and politician in New York City.[6]A grandson, Samuel Blatchford (son of Richard M. Blatchford), was an attorney, judge and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.[7] A great-grandson, also named Richard M. Blatchford, was a career officer in the United States Army who attained the rank of major general, and was a veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I.{{sfn|Blatchford Memorial II|pages=67-69}}[8] {{s-start}} {{s-aca}} {{s-new|institution}} {{s-ttl|title=President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute|years=1824 – 1828}} {{s-aft|after=John Chester}}{{end}}References1. ^Nason, Henry B., ed. Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1886, Troy, NY: William H. Young, 1887, page 28 {{Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute presidents}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Blatchford, Samuel}}2. ^The Blatchford Memorial, New York, 1871, page 1 3. ^The Blatchford Memorial, New York, 1871, page 9-10 4. ^1 The Blatchford Memorial, New York, 1871, page 33 5. ^The Blatchford Memorial, New York, 1871, page 32, 38 6. ^1 {{cite book |last=Blatchford |first=Eliphalet Wickes |authorlink=Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford |year=1912 |title=Blatchford Memorial II: A Genealogical Record of the Family of Rev. Samuel Blatchford, D.D. |url=https://archive.org/stream/blatchfordmemori00blat#page/68/mode/2up |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=E. W. Blatchford |pages=67-69 |ref={{sfnRef|Blatchford Memorial II}}}} 7. ^"Samuel Blatchford." Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928–1936. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. 8. ^{{cite book |last=Davis, Jr. |first=Henry Blaine |title=Generals in Khaki |location=Raleigh, NC |publisher=Pentland Press |year=1998 |isbn=1571970886 |oclc=231779136 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJvvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA41&sig=ACfU3U3oCE1pJNUXP_Zx8GcSI0bsDBPGNw&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Blatchford |ref={{sfnRef|Generals in Khaki|pages=41-42}}}} 8 : Presidents of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute|1767 births|1828 deaths|Alumni of Homerton College, Cambridge|American Presbyterians|Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ministers|People from Devonport, Devon|People from Bridgeport, Connecticut |
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