Samuel Locke (educator)
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Samuel Locke | |
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| President of Harvard College | |
| In office 1770–1773 | |
| Preceded by | John Winthrop |
| Succeeded by | John Winthrop |
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| Born | November 23, 1732 Woburn, Massachusetts |
| Died | January 15, 1778 (aged 45) Sherborn, Massachusetts |
| Education | Harvard College |
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Samuel Locke (November 23, 1732 – January 15, 1778) was an American Congregational clergyman and educator.
Biography
[edit]Samuel Locke was born in Woburn, Massachusetts on November 23, 1732.[1] He was the son of Samuel Locke and Rebecca (Richardson) Locke Wilder.[2]
He graduated from Harvard College in 1755, where he was a classmate of future American President and founding father John Adams.[3] He was ordained at Sherburne 7 Nov 1759.[4]
He married Mary Porter on 2 January 1760.[5] Mary was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Porter. Rev. Porter was a predecessor to Rev Locke at Sherburne. They had 3 children (2 sons and a daughter): Dr. Samuel Locke (1761-1788), Mary Locke (1763-1796), and John Locke (1765-1800).
After serving as pastor in Sherborn, Massachusetts, he was appointed president of Harvard University. He held that post from 1770 to 1773, when he resigned after his housemaid became pregnant.[6] He then returned to Sherborn, where he died of apoplexy.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VI. James T. White & Company. 1896. p. 416. Retrieved November 30, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Vital Records of Woburn. Births. p.154
- ^ "We've moved".
- ^ Locke, J. G. (1853). Book of the Lockes: A genealogical and historical record of the descendants of William Locke, of Woburn. Boston: J. Munroe and Co. p.211
- ^ Vital Records of Natick, Marriages. p.175
- ^ McCullough, David (2001). John Adams. Simon and Schuster. p. 47.
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