Edmund Otis Hovey (Wabash College), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edmund Otis Hovey (Wabash College)

American Presbyterian minister, Wabash College founder

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1801

Place of Birth: Hanover, New Hampshire, United States

Date of Death: 10-Mar-1877

Profession: teacher, priest, librarian, missionary

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Edmund Otis Hovey (15 July, 1801 – 10 March, 1877), D.D.
was an American Presbyterian minister and Wabash College founder.
He was born in East Hanover, N.H., July 15, 1801.
At twenty-one years of age he began his preparation for preaching the gospel, at Thetford Academy; in 1828 graduated from Dartmouth College, and in 1831 from Andover Theological Seminary.
He was ordained by the Presbytery of Newburyport the same year, and sent as a missionary to Wabash, Iowa.
His great work was in founding and building up Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, of which, in 1834, he was appointed financial agent and professor of rhetoric.
Subsequently he was made professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology.
He was also treasurer and librarian.
He died there, March 10, 1877.
See (N.Y.) Evangelist, March 29, 1877.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature by McClintock and Strong.