Timothy Dwight IV

Timothy Dwight (May 14, 1752 - January 11, 1817), grandson of theologian Jonathan Edwards, was a Congregationalist minister. He matriculated at Yale College at age 13, and received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Princeton University in 1787. He served as President of Yale College from 1795 to 1817, and helped found Andover Theological Seminary in 1809.

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May 14 - 1752 - January 11 - 1817 - Jonathan Edwards - Congregationalist - Yale - Princeton University - 1787 - 1795 - Andover Theological Seminary - 1809

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Dwight held that the newly introduced practice of vaccination thwarted God's will (a relatively common belief at the time), saying:

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Vaccination - God's will

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:If God had decreed from all eternity that a certain person should die of smallpox, it would be a frightful sin to avoid and annul that decree by the trick of vaccination.

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Preceded by:Ezra Stiles

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Presidents of Yale

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Succeeded by:Jeremiah Day

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