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Patton, William Weston, D.D., LL.D.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a Congregational minister, was born in New York city, October 19, 1821; graduated from the University of New York in 1839, and from Union Theological Seminary in 1842; was a pastor until 1867; until 1872 editor of the Advance; western secretary of the American Missionary Association, 1873-74; lecturer at Chicago and Oberlin Theological seminaries, 1874-77; president of Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1877-89; and died December 31. 1889. Dr. Patton was a corporate member of the A.B.C. D.F.M. from 1869; one of the founders of the American Missionary Association; vice-president of the Sanitary Commission of the North-west; member of the Society of the Cincinnati; honorary member of the Society of Science, Literature, and Art (London, 1885). For a list of his published works, see the Congregational Year-book, 1890, page 34.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Patton, William Weston, D.D., LL.D.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/patton-william-weston-dd-lld.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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