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Name: Francis Wayland
Birth Date: March 11, 1796
Death Date: September 30, 1865
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Place of Death: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: educator, clergyman

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Biography of Francis Wayland
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Francis Wayland (1796-1865), American educator and clergyman, was in the forefront among educators who urged reforms in American collegiate education. Francis Wayland was born in New York City on March 11, 1796, to a Baptist family recently emigrated...


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Wayland, Francis (1796–1865) Summary
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Wayland, Francis(1796–1865) Francis Wayland, the American Baptist clergyman, educator, and moral philosopher, was one of the central figures in the modification of American collegiate education. As president of Brown University...
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Francis Wayland Information
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Francis Wayland (March 7, 1796 – September 30, 1865), American educator, was born in New York City. In Washington, D.C., Wayland Seminary was established in 1867 and was named in his honor. (In 1899, Wayland Seminary merged with another school to...


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The Independent Review
Francis Wayland: Preacher-Economist
01/01/2006: 4,866 words, approx. 16 pages
One of the nineteenth-century's great but long-forgotten works of political economy was not written by a politician or an economist, but by a Baptist minister. Francis Wayland was born in New York City in March 1796 and died in Providence, Rhode Island, in September...
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Independent Review
Francis Wayland: preacher-economist.(PREDECESSORS)(Biography)
01/01/2006: 4,843 words, approx. 16 pages
One of the nineteenth-century's great but long-forgotten works of political I economy was not written by a politician or an economist, but by a Baptist minister. Francis Wayland was born in New York City in March 1796 and died in Providence, Rhode Island,...
 


 

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