Alonzo Ames Miner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American universalist
Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1814
Place of Birth: Lempster, New Hampshire, United States
Date of Death: 14-Jun-1895
Profession: minister
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Alonzo Ames Miner
- Alonzo Ames Miner (August 17, 1814 – June 14, 1895) was the second president of Tufts University from 1862 to 1875. Born in Lempster, New Hampshire, he was the second of five children and only son of Benajah Ames and Amanda (Carey) Miner.
- His father was a descendant of the colonist Thomas Miner.
- He taught school in rural Vermont and New Hampshire before being ordained a Universalist minister in 1839. Miner supported many moral and civic causes, at various times being on the Board of Trustees at Tufts, the Board of Overseers at Harvard, and the Massachusetts Board of Education.
- One of the founders of Tufts, he rescued the college from near bankruptcy and instituted many new educational programs as president.
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