Jonathan Dickinson (New Jersey minister)
American minister and co-founder of Princeton University (1688–1747) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the author of the journal relating shipwreck and captivity by Indians in Florida and later mayor of Philadelphia, see Jonathan Dickinson.
Jonathan Dickinson (April 22, 1688 – October 7, 1747) was a Congregational, later Presbyterian, minister, a leader in the Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s, and a co-founder and first president of the College of New Jersey, which later became Princeton University.
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1st President of Princeton University | |
In office 1747–1747 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Aaron Burr Sr. |
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Born | (1688-04-22)April 22, 1688 Hatfield, Massachusetts Bay |
Died | October 7, 1747(1747-10-07) (aged 59) Elizabethtown, Province of New Jersey |
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