Edmund Otis Hovey (Wabash College)

For his grandson, see Edmund Otis Hovey.

Edmund Otis Hovey
Born	July 15, 1801  Hanover
Died	March 10, 1877  (aged 75) Crawfordsville
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery
Alma mater	Thetford Academy Dartmouth College Andover Newton Theological School
Occupation	Priest missionary teacher librarian
Employer	Wabash College
Children	Horace Carter Hovey
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Edmund Otis Hovey (15 July 1801 – 10 March 1877), D.D. was an American Presbyterian minister and Wabash College founder. He was born in East Hanover, N.H., on July 15, 1801. At twenty-one years of age, he began his preparation for preaching the gospel at Thetford Academy; in 1828, he graduated from Dartmouth College, and in 1831, he graduated from Andover Theological Seminary. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Newburyport the same year and sent as a missionary to Wabash, Indiana. His great work was in founding and building up Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, of which, in 1834, he was appointed financial agent and professor of rhetoric. Subsequently, he was made professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. He was also treasurer and librarian. He died there March 10, 1877. See (N.Y.) Evangelist, on March 29, 1877.

 This article incorporates public domain material from McClintock, John; Strong, James (1867–1887). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper and Brothers.

External links

• Biographical history of Massachusetts
• Edmund Otis Hovey collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library