Morgan Edwards
American religious historian and Baptist pastor
Morgan Edwards (May 9, 1722 – January 25, 1792) was an American historian of religion and Baptist pastor. He was a trustee in the chartering of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, later named Brown University.2
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Born May 9, 1722, died Jan 25, 1795.1
Companies
- Brown UniversityFounder6
Early life and education
In 1764, Edwards joined James Manning, Ezra Stiles, Isaac Backus, John Gano, Samuel Stillman, William Ellery, and former Royal Governors Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward and several others as an original trustee for the chartering of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (the former name for Brown University), the first Baptist college in the original Thirteen Colonies and one of the Ivy League universities. In 1766, the college authorized Edwards to travel to Europe to "solicit Benefactions for this Institution". During his year-and-a-half stay in the British Isles, Edwards secured funding from benefactors including Thomas Penn and Benjamin Franklin.
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Career
Occupation: historian, Christian minister.4
- Date not recordedFounded Brown University3
Personal life
- BornMay 9, 1722, Pontypool5
His wife, formerly Mary Nunn of Cork, Ireland died in 1769.
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- 1WikidataMorgan Edwards on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaMorgan Edwards on Wikipedia
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- 6WikidataBrown University, Founder