Leonard Woods (college president)

Leonard Woods
Leonard Woods
4th President of Bowdoin College
	In office; 1839–1866
Preceded by	William Allen
Succeeded by	Samuel Harris
Personal details
Born	November 24, 1807; Newbury, Massachusetts
Died	December 24, 1878 (aged 71); Boston, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Union College

Leonard Woods (November 24, 1807 – December 24, 1878)[1] was the fourth president of Bowdoin College.

Life and career

Born in Newbury, Massachusetts, Woods attended Phillips Andover Academy before graduating from Union College in 1827[2] with Phi Beta Kappa honors and membership in The Kappa Alpha Society. After having graduated from Andover Theological Seminary, he made a translation of George Christian Knapp's Christian Theology, which became long used as a textbook in American theological seminaries.

When he became president of Bowdoin in 1839, he was only 32 years old. He held his position until 1866. During his tenure, the College built Appleton Hall, the Chapel, and Adams Hall, which housed the Medical School of Maine and the undergraduate laboratories. Woods was a recipient of advanced degrees from Colby College, Harvard University, and Bowdoin. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1845.[3]

Woods died in 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-16. Retrieved 2010-12-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Woods, Leonard § LEONARD WOODS (1807–1878)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 803.
"American Antiquarian Society Members Directory". americanantiquarian.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.

External links

"Leonard Woods Collection, 1818-1964, n.d. (bulk 1818-1879) (Bowdoin - George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives)". library.bowdoin.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-09.

Preceded by William Allen	President of Bowdoin College 1839–66	Succeeded by Samuel Harris

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-16. Retrieved 2010-12-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Woods, Leonard § LEONARD WOODS (1807–1878)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 803.

[americanantiquarian-3] "American Antiquarian Society Members Directory". americanantiquarian.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.