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Holyoke, Edward

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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A Congregational minister, was born in 1690 at Boston. He graduated at Harvard College in 1705, was elected tutor in 1712, and on April 25, 1716, was ordained first pastor of the Second Church in Marblehead. In 1737 he was elected president of Harvard College, and remained in that office until his death, June 1, 1769. He published an Answer to Whitefield (1744), and a few occasional sermons. Sprague, Annals, 1, 293. (G.L.T.)

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Holyoke, Edward'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​h/holyoke-edward.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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