Oliver Dean

Dr. Oliver Dean (1783–1871) was an American physician and philanthropist who founded Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts.

Dean was born in Franklin in 1783. He became a medical doctor and then changed careers and became manager of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in Manchester, New Hampshire. After retiring to Franklin, Dean founded a local Universalist church. In 1865, Dean founded the co-educational Dean Academy by donating $125,000 and approximately nine acres of land for the school, which was initially led by Arthur W. Peirce, known as "Awpie".

Dean died in 1871.[1][2]

References
  1. "History and Mission - Dean College". www.dean.edu. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  2. A History of the Town of Franklin, Mass: From Its Settlement to the ... https://books.google.com/books?id=ZoAlAQAAMAAJ (Mortimer Blake - 1879) / pg 77
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